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Here are some examples of the projects we provide advice on every day. For reasons of confidentiality, you will of course understand that we are unable to name our clients.
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Example project 1
Public offer to minority shareholders
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Sector
Foods industry (gourmet foods)
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Task
Our client wished to participate in the capital structure of a foods corporation with which it already had good business connections, the aim being to strengthen their ties. DragonKnight Advisors were the financial consultants exclusively entrusted with the task of planning and carrying out this transaction.
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Implementation
During the analysis phase, during which we evaluated the investment options, we held exploratory discussions. We talked to banks entrusted with syndicating loans (mainly secured loans) to find out if the client would be able to acquire one and later offer it to the target company to settle the loans.
- We also talked to principal shareholders in the foods corporation who we knew were interested in selling their shares. In view of our discussions with the minority shareholders and the banks, we recommended that our client form a consortium along with the two principal shareholders and initiate a mandatory offer to the minority shareholders to deregister the company.
- The client accepted our recommendations. We negotiated an agreement with the principal shareholders which strengthened our client’s position, and submitted an offer to the minority shareholders. The transaction was principally secured by a large sum of cash (60%) and new long-term liabilities negotiated at favourable conditions with the client’s main bank.
