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03.12.2004:
BEAP - Belgian Employees Aviation Promotion annonce le prochain
lancement de sa nouvelle compagnie aérienne. Voir http://www.beap.be/public/base.asp?type=Press&id=152
01.12.2004:
Netia
(CA 2004 : 6,5 MEUR), le spécialiste de la conception de logiciels
de diffusion de programmes de radio et de télévision, vient d'être
racheté par ses dirigeants et salariés, dans le cadre d'un MBO réalisé
avec les investisseurs I-Source Gestion et Mangrove Capital Partners.
Le montant de la transaction atteint 2,5 MEUR en cash et 0,75 MEUR
en obligations remboursables. Netia était détenu depuis 1999 par le
groupe belge EVS Broadcast Equipement. Les deux tiers des 65 employés
contrôlent désormais 92 % du capital, les 8 % restants devant être
acquis auprès d'EVS pour 0,45 MEUR. Par ailleurs, Netia a pris le
contrôle de la société parisienne Manreo (CA 2003 : 0,7 MEUR) pour
un montant non dévoilé. La société renforce ainsi son offre dans les
technologies IP (permettant la transmission d'images et de sons sur
Internet). Les logiciels de Manreo répondent en effet aux problématiques
des différents métiers liés à la diffusion des images et des sons
sur Internet, dans lesquels Netia veut s'imposer comme un acteur international
majeur. Voir www.netia.fr
01.12.2004:
Stewartry Care,
a company providing hygiene and healthcare services for people in
Dumfries and Galloway, has been sold to its staff in a deal backed
by the Baxi Partnership, which specialises in supporting employee
buy-outs. The deal will see Jane Young net around £240,000 for an
80% stake in Stewartry, which she founded 15 months ago. She is selling
the shares to a trust from which 132 employees will benefit. It is
the seventh takeover to be completed with support from the £20m Baxi
fund set up by David Erdal, a former chairman of papermaker Tullis
Russell to promote employee ownership. Royal Bank of Scotland provided
an undisclosed amount of mezzanine funding for the transaction, under
which Stewartry was valued at £300,000. Young will remain as managing
director and retain a 20% stake in the firm, while the remainder will
be held by an employee benefit trust. This will distribute shares
to employee-owners every year in which Stewartry, which is forecasting
turnover of £1.74m this year, is profitable. The company is headquartered
in Castle Douglas and provides services such as helping people with
disabilities to wash and shower in their homes, on behalf of local
authorities and private clients. Some 25% of people living in Dumfries
and Galloway are aged over 60, and the numbers in that group are set
to increase significantly. Erdal founded the Baxi Partnership in 2002
after studying employee ownership models around the world and particularly
in Italy. He belongs to the family which owned Tullis Russell, before
selling the business on to its employees. The partnership has previously
backed buy-outs including the £4m purchase of the Loch Fyne Oyster
Company and the takeover of Inverness-based Highland Home Carers.
