Realised Investments

Our focus on small to mid-sized established companies across a range of service and product driven sectors has delivered very strong returns to investors and shareholders. A selection of realised investments to date can be found below.

Current Investments
Company	Industry	Deal size
Superglass Insulation	Building Products	£40.0m
Wraith Accommodation	Portable Accomodation	£2.8m
Brambles Foods	Food Manufacturer	£8m
Mountain Warehouse	Retail	Undisclosed
Walker Hamill	Recruitment	£6.5m
Hamworthy Heating	Commercial Heating Systems	£11.2m
Nationwide Autocentres	Automotive Servicing	£8.4m

See our current investments

Superglass Insulation

NBGI PE’s investment in Superglass was made in August 2005 in a deal valued at approximately £40million.

Industry:: Building Products
Transaction type:: MBO
Deal size:: £40.0m
Date of Investment:: August 2005
Status:: Realised
IRR%:: 244%
Money Multiple:: 10.7x

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Wraith Accommodation

NBGI PE invested just over £2.8million in October 2003 to increase the capital base and facilitate further growth in this portable accommodation business.

Industry:: Portable Accomodation
Transaction type:: Development
Deal size:: £2.8m
Date of Investment:: October 2003
Status:: Realised
IRR%:: 48%
Money Multiple:: 2.33x

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Brambles Foods

Total funding for the deal was in excess of £8million providing for future investment in expanded production facilities as well as the buy-out consideration, which was subject to earn-out.

Industry:: Food Manufacturer
Transaction type:: -
Deal size:: £8m
Date of Investment:: July 2003
Status:: Realised
IRR%:: 52%
Money Multiple:: 4.3x

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Mountain Warehouse

The NBGI Private Equity investment was completed in August 2002 when the business was acquired from 21 Invest and the current managing director, Mark Neale, who rolled over most of his proceeds into the new acquisition vehicle.

Industry:: Retail
Transaction type:: -
Deal size:: Undisclosed
Date of Investment:: August 2002
Status:: Realised
IRR%:: 50%
Money Multiple:: 5.9x

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Walker Hamill

Walker Hamill is a leading recruitment agency specialising in the placement of accountants, MBA graduates, corporate financiers, private equity/venture capitalists, leveraged finance specialists and strategy consultants.