From significant minority investment to international exit
Conceived, negotiated, funded and executed a structured significant minority investment in a leading household-name out-of-home advertising company, participating as a principal in the investment. The journey combined the acquisition of competitors with organic growth initiatives, before an exit to a US company backed by private equity. The investment delivered a 2x return in just over two years.
To invest in an established advertising business and help shape its next phase of growth.
The strategy combined acquiring competitors with developing the existing business, using the company as the platform for a wider roll-up.
For Jamie, this meant experiencing the transaction from the investor’s side of the table: committing capital, helping drive the acquisition strategy and supporting growth before realising value on exit. The experience covered the full investment journey, from buying into the business to its eventual sale to an international acquirer.
- Principal investment
- Buy-and-build
- Organic growth
- Exit execution
What the journey involved
The significant minority investment
Jamie participated as a principal in a significant minority investment in the advertising company. This established the investment and the platform from which the acquisition and organic growth strategy could be pursued.
Acquiring competitors
The business pursued a roll-up through the acquisition of competitors. Jamie helped drive that transaction-led growth, gaining direct experience of using acquisitions to build a larger business from an established platform.
Growing the existing business
Organic growth initiatives ran alongside the acquisitions. The strategy therefore involved developing the existing business as well as expanding through purchases, with both contributing to the journey towards exit.
The international exit
The journey culminated in a sale to a US company backed by private equity. The exit realised the investment following the significant minority investment and growth programme, delivering a 2x return in just over two years.
From investment to international exit
Acquisitions and organic growth ran alongside each other on the way to the sale.
What that experience brings
Having committed capital and helped drive transactions for his own account, Jamie brings an investor’s perspective to acquisition and exit decisions. That experience informs how he works with clients weighing the opportunities, execution demands and financial consequences of buying, building and selling a business.
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