Transaction Services - North A gold medal performance!

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In the run-up to the Olympics, PwC’s Northern Transaction Services team are delighted to have acted on the following transactions for our private equity and corporate clients during a very busy first half of 2012

Serco Aareon Inflexion / CTC Carbolite

Vendor due diligence to Financial and tax due diligence Financial and tax due diligence Vendor due diligence for Nova in support of the disposal of and SPA support to Aareon on to support the Inflexion Private Capital to support the sale of its its Nuclear Technical Services its acquisition of 1st Touch - a Equity backed MBO of CTC Carbolite business to Verder division to Amec for £137m supplier of mobile workforce IT Aviation Group, a leading solutions to the social housing provider of pilot training sector August 2012 Project Integral PZ Cussons Antalis HIG/Brand Addition

Integrated financial, commercial Buy-side financial due diligence Buy-side financial due diligence, Vendor due diligence (financial, and tax due diligence to to PZ Cussons on its £25.5m SPA, tax and pensions advice commercial and tax) to support the £60m refinancing of acquisition of the Fudge hair to Antalis on its acquisition of 4imprint, plus top-up buy-side a major clothing supplier care brand Ambassador Packaging due diligence to HIG Capital in support of the £24m MBO of Brand Addition

Four Seasons Bentley Motors Ideal Shopping Direct Redrow

Financial and commercial due Due diligence to support Financial and tax due diligence Reporting accountant in relation diligence to support the disposal Bentley’s application to secure to Ideal on its acquisition of to the£80m firm placing and of the business to Terra Firma £4.7m of grants from the Deramores, a leading online open offer to fund strategic land Regional Growth Fund retailer of knitting supplies acquisition

Quality. Expertise. Trust. Transaction Services – how we The North team can help you Due Diligence Valuations Nigel Ward Ian Logan

0113 288 2277 0113 288 2050 [email protected] [email protected] Sale ial and nc e agre pu ina nc eme rc F lige nt ha M&A Tax di ad se e vi du ce Christine Adshead Gordon Singer

0161 245 2529 0113 288 2117 christine.m.adshead@ [email protected] uk.pwc.com l e M a c i & c n r e A e g i t l a Jonathan Cooper Simon Viner m i x d m

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d Transaction jonathan.e.cooper@ [email protected] Services uk.pwc.com SPA Advisory Mark Webster Jeff Nye

O d p u e s 0191 269 4011 07775 522822 e r n a d t io [email protected] [email protected] il io t ig n a a lu en l a V ce Financial Decisions and Analysis F s Dan Stott Debra Halcrow inancial decision and analysis 0113 289 4670 0113 288 2137 [email protected] [email protected]

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