Strategic Partners

Overview ACP Capital

ACP Capital Limited (ACP Capital) is an AIM-listed, integrated finance and investment company for small and medium-sized European enterprises (SME).
ACP Capital has a comprehensive and fully scalable financing platform, which covers the entire capital structure of a company, including:

• Equity financing;
• Mezzanine financing; and
• Senior debt funding (incl. leveraged loans);

Within the past 18 months ACP Capital has provided more than € 1 billion equity and borrowed funds for its various vehicles, and is capable of financing up to € 250 million per transaction on a standalone basis.

Strategic Partnerships of ACP Capital

At present ACP Capital holds 29% of the GCI Management AG. The strategic partnership with GCI makes it possible to add the financing sources of ACP Capital to the range of products provided by GCI, in this way providing a “one-stop-shop” corporate funding for SME enterprises.

Further ACP Capital strategic partnerships exist in other European key markets, such as France, Italy and Great Britain.

Further ACP Capital companies

To date ACP Capital has launched two specialized companies.

• ACP Mezzanine Limited (ACP Mezzanine) is a listed Mezzanine Fund for granting subordinate loans to the order of €2 to €15 million to SME enterprises;
• IFR Capital is a listed investment company focusing on the European food sector. At present the major holdings of IFR Capital include Nordsee, Homann Chilled Foods and Bastian’s.

Further details are available on the internet sites of ACP Mezzanine [link] and IFR Capital [link].

Strategy

In addition to the strategic investment of approx. 29 % in GCI Management AG, ACP Capital and ACP Mezzanine have provided bridge funding for IFR Capital to finance the purchase of Homann Chilled Food GmbH.
ACP Capital plans to continue the rollout of its integrated finance and investment business in the key markets and plans to launch additional vehicles in the infrastructure and real estate sectors.

ACP Capital has an office in Munich since May 2007 and plans to open an office in Milan in the coming months. ACP Capital is also seeking a full listing on the London Stock Exchange (Main Market) at the earliest opportunity.

Further details are available on the internet sites of ACP Capital [link].