Zeus has been involved in over £8.8bn of mid-market transactions in the past 7 years, of which £1.8bn were in 2019. These have included IPOs, placings, private placements, M&A and debt advisory.
2019 in numbers
- 31 transactions
- £1.8bn Gross value of transactions
- £1.1bn New debt and equity capital raised
14
11
11
9
PE transactions
Public and private capital raised
Debt advisory transactions
M&A and Public to Privates
Gross value £654m
Gross value £628m
Gross value £477m
Gross value £254m
2019 Transactions
DWF
Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Ltd
Gousto
£366m Market cap
Follow-on £100m
Private placement £30m
Lead Manager
Joint Bookrunner
Financial adviser
Boohoo & Karen Millen
Boohoo
Catalis
M&A £18.2m acquisition
Secondary placing £142.5m
PE Secondary £90m
Financial adviser
Joint Global Co-ordinator
Financial adviser
Sovereign Capital Partners
Mayfair Equity Partners & Yo! Sushi
OAG
Take private £65m
Acquisition financing Undisclosed
Debt refinancing Undisclosed
Financial adviser to Sovereign Capital Partners
Adviser to Mayfair Equity Partners
Debt adviser to Vitruvian Partners
SimplyBiz Group & Defaqto
Sumo Digital & Tencent
UCS
Follow-on & acquisition £74.3m acquisition & £29.1m placing
Secondary placing £24m
M&A Undisclosed
Nomad and Joint broker
Nomad and Broker
Financial adviser
Sir Nigel Knowles
Chairman of ZeusDespite a challenging economic environment, we are delighted with our recent performance completing over 30 deals valued at £1.8 billion. We have continued to successfully diversify our earnings with a significant increase in both Public and Private M&A and Financings, a trend we expect to continue. Following the recent election result, the market is seen to be picking up as we enter the New Year. Looking forward to 2020 we expect another very busy year and are already seeing a significant increase in our pipeline.