IndependenceActinvest is an independent financial advisor.It does not belong to any financial or industrial institution.It is London based and FSA regulated.London: European Financial CentreRecent ProjectsDuring the last twenty years Actinvest Corp. has worked closelywith some of the most important Italian and internationalindustrial groups to define financial strategies, acquisitions,disinvestments, privatisations, and public listing. Herewith are some of the most meaningful plans carried out byActinvest Corp. in the last few years.Actinvest has been the strategic advisor for three years of theKorean fashion and retail group Eland in its Europeanexpansion. Actinvest has identified, evaluated and assisted inthe negotiation of, the following Targets which have been 100%acquired:Belfe: historic outerwear brandLario 1898 (including Banfi, Bressan & Verdelli, Sutor): shoes and bagsPeter Scott: knitwearLochcarron of Scotland: tartan manufacturerMandarina Duck: bagsCoccinelle: high quality leather bagsLa Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild, basedin Paris has retained Actinvest Corporation as advisor withrespect to their strategy of possible acquisition of targetsoperating in the Italian and European private banking andasset management sectors.Actinvest Corporation has been the strategic advisor ofPrudential Corporation of America, the US largest lifeinsurer and one of the most important insurance groups ofthe world, to set up a fund management joint venture in Italywith Banca Popolare di Bergamo Credito Varesino, (now UBIBanca). Il Sole 24Ore Sviluppo Spa, company owned by thepublishing group “Il Sole 24Ore”, has retained Actinvest inorder to develop new plans in the field of the electronic mediaand on-line products as far as the intra group development ofthe activities or new initiatives are concerned. Moreover theassignment envisaged the involvement of Actinvest into thedevelopment of new strategic alliances with internationalpartners.Actinvest has assisted the public utility company SuezLyonnaise Des Eaux in the procedure for the purchase of43% of the registered stock of the Azienda EnergeticaMetropolitana Torino SpA. In particular Actinvest Corporationhas monitored the privatisation process and has offered fullassistance in all the several steps of the procedure (Letter ofIntent, Business Plan, final proposal); and finally it hasassisted in the appraisal of the Azienda Metropolitana TorinoSpA (Underground Company of Turin SpA).Actinvest has advised one of the main producers of buildingmaterials in the United Kingdom (Polypipe Plc) in order toidentify, analyse and evaluate Italian companies present inthe same sector. Actinvest has assisted one of the main European producersof home-accessories (Magnet Ltd) to find, analyse, andevaluate two Italian companies operating in the same sector. Actinvest assisted an Italian textile company in its quotationon the Milan Stock Exchange in July 1999. Actinvest Corporation has been the advisor of the NationalExpress Group, one of the most important European groupwithin the transports sector, in the program of expansion inItaly. We have assist them in the acquisition of someregional airports. As in all the projects followed by us weidentified a series of targets that could be acquired, wecontacted them, we analysed them, and in a second phasewe assisted our client during the negotiation with theinterested counterpartActinvest has assisted two American groups, Premark andHobart, in the disinvestment of their European controlledcompanies. Actinvest has assisted General Electric Capital in theacquisition of an Italian company active in the field offinancial leasing.Actinvest has worked with Lavazza supplying assistance tothe top-management of the Piedmont company, analysing forthem both the Italian market and the international one,proposing them strategies for the development of thecompany, in Europe and Latin America.
Contact usActinvest Corporation Ltd.146-148 Cromwell RoadLondon SW7 4EFTel +44 20 7259 2193Fax +44 20 7373 2864Info: corp@actinvest.comResearch drivenActinvest is a "research driven" company.It believes in the importance of a deep knowledge of the industrial and marketing strategies both of the client and of the target. Actinvest Corporation, 146-148 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4EF, Registered in England and Wales under no 2560165