Crowe Clark Whitehill - Capital Markets Group (June 2015)

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Capital Markets Group

June 2015

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We would recommend them to other

companies seeking an admission to

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Jan Gawal

Chief Executive Officer

Rame Energy Plc

“The team at Crowe Clark Whitehill

have been our trusted advisors for

many years and their expert advice

and assistance on this matter has

been hugely appreciated. This

acquisition is the first of a number of

initiatives designed to refocus our

corporate strategy and deliver

increased shareholder value.”

Peter Totté

Executive Chairman

Real Good Food Company Plc


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Partners 3,544

Partners & Staff 31,040

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*as at 31 December 2014

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Audit &

assurance Tax

Advisory International

mobility

Services to listed companies


What ever size or stage of your operations, our aim is to be your partner in business

“Our relationship with the capital markets team at

Crowe Clark Whitehill has been a long-standing

one and we were keen to ensure that our AIM

adviser team would be able to work closely

together to ensure a smooth, successful

admission. We greatly appreciated their practical

approach to their financial due diligence work and

we would certainly recommend the team to other

companies seeking admission to London's capital

markets.”

Chris Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

Trafalgar New Homes Plc

“I have worked with Crowe Clark Whitehill on a

number of transactions over the last two years and

have no hesitation in recommending them. They

provided a dedicated, professional and highly

tailored transaction support service and were a

pleasure to work with.”

John Croft

Non-Executive Chairman

Adamas Finance Asia Limited

Working together as part of your team


146 capital market transactions completed since January 2005 (by market)

Market Country Number of

completed

transactions

AIM UK 110

ISDX UK 16

MAIN UK 15

TSX-V Canada 2

Frankfurt Germany 1

SGX Singapore 1

US OTC USA 1

146

“Our international management

team needed the support of an

efficient and knowledgeable

reporting accountant in London to

support us on our admission to

the Main Market of the London

Stock Exchange. We were very

pleased with the team at Crowe

Clark Whitehill and would highly

recommend them to other

companies seeking admission to

London's capital markets."

Mark Gustafson,

Chairman

Challenger Acquisitions Limited


146 capital market transactions completed since January 2005 (by region)

70

3

7

7

9

8

19

20

1

2


The AIM Adviser Rankings Guide, published quarterly, rank Crowe Clark Whitehill as the 8th largest auditor to

companies listed on AIM (April 2015)

“Our placing and admission

represents the third capital

markets transaction over a

ten-year period that the team

from Crowe Clark Whitehill

has assisted me with. As with

my previous experiences, the

assistance provided by the

them this time around did not

disappoint. "

Colin Orr-Ewing,

Non-Executive Chairman

Bacanora Minerals Limited

Rank

Auditor

Number of

AIM-listed

clients

1 BDO 152

2 KPMG 150

3 Grant Thornton UK 144

4 PwC 120

5 Deloitte 77

6 EY 61

7 Baker Tilly 58

8 Crowe Clark Whitehill 43

9 UHY Hacker Young 30

10 Nexia Smith & Williamson 29

51 listed company audits


51 listed company audits (by region)

20

1

7

2

2

1

9

6

2

1


• AB Dynamics (AIM)

• Adamas Finance Asia (AIM)

• AdEPT Telecom (AIM)

• Aquatic Foods Group (AIM)

• Auhua Clean Energy (AIM)

• CDialogues (AIM)

• CentralNic Group (AIM)

• Challenger Acquisitions (MAIN)

• Chapel Down Group (ISDX)

• CIC Gold (MAIN)

• Condor Gold (AIM)

• Craven House Capital (AIM)

• DP Poland (AIM)

• Eco City Vehicles (AIM)

• Fishing Republic (AIM)

• Fusionex International (AIM)

• Galasys (AIM)

• Geo Global Group (ISDX)

• Graphene NanoChem (AIM)

• Hardy Oil & Gas (MAIN)

• Hightex Group (AIM)

• Independent Resources (AIM)

• Jarvis Securities (AIM)

• JQW (AIM)

• Learning Technologies Group (AIM)

• MayAir (AIM)

• Medilink-Global UK (AIM)

• MiLOC Group (ISDX)

• Motif Bio (AIM)

• Oxus Gold (AIM)

• PHSC (AIM)

• PipeHawk (AIM)

• Plexus Holdings (AIM)

• Prime People (AIM)

• Quadrise Fuels International (AIM)

• Rame Energy (AIM)

• Real Good Food Company (AIM)

• Sorbic International (AIM)

• Sound Oil (AIM)

• Sovereign Mines of Africa (AIM)

• Sunrise Resources (AIM)

• SWP Group (AIM)

• SyQic (AIM)

• TechFinancials (AIM)

• Tertiary Minerals (AIM)

• Trafalgar New Homes (AIM)

• Vertu Capital (MAIN)

• Water Intelligence (AIM)

• Xplorer (MAIN)

• Xtract Resources (AIM)

• Yujin International (AIM)

51 listed company audits


Capital markets team

Robin Stevens – Partner, Corporate Finance

Tel: +44 (0) 207 842 7282 Mobile: +44 (0) 7787 112 059

Email: [email protected]

Paul Blythe – Partner, Corporate Finance

Tel: +44 (0) 207 842 7231 Mobile: +44 (0) 7876 282 728


Stephen Bullock – Partner, Corporate Finance

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7166 Mobile: +44 (0) 7714 700 657


Leo Malkin – Partner, Audit

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7245 Mobile: +44 (0) 7795 554 932


Matthew Stallabrass – Partner, Audit

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7212 Mobile: +44 (0) 7736 659 186


Laurence Field – Partner, Corporate Tax

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 842 7280 Mobile: +44 (0) 7799 812 173


Lee Hamilton - Director, International Mobility

Tel: +44 (0) 207 842 7357 Mobile: +44 (0) 7876 825 358


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