BlueGem Capital Partners LLP

London, 28 June 2012 – BlueGem acquires Enotria Group Ltd

bluegem — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:49:35 +0000

BlueGem L.P. announces today the acquisition of Enotria Group Limited, the UK’s leading wholesale trade wine specialist, in partnership with its management team in a secondary buyout from ISIS Equity Partners.

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London, 1 December 2011 – BlueGem increases its investment in Management Consulting Group Plc

bluegem — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:26:44 +0000

Today BlueGem L.P. acquired 35,344,895 Ordinary Shares Management Consulting Group Plc at a price of 22 pence per Ordinary Share pursuant to the exercise of the warrants issued on their initial subscription in June 2010. This exercise is satisfied by new shares and following this exercise the Company has approximately 489 million Ordinary Shares in issue. In addition, BlueGem purchased 13,600,000 Ordinary Shares on 1 December 2011 at a price of 33 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the acquisition of these shares, BlueGem has a notifiable interest in 124,629,895 Ordinary Shares representing 25.50% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Nick Stagg, Chief Executive commented:

“We appreciate BlueGem as long term supportive shareholders and I am pleased that they have shown their continuing support for the business by exercising their warrants and buying further shares. We will continue to seek to align the interests of employees with shareholders by making share awards an important component of the variable element of senior employees’ remuneration within Alexander Proudfoot and Kurt Salmon. To this end, approximately 160 employees now have some form of participation in the equity of the business.”

Marco Capello, Managing Partner of BlueGem Capital Partners LLP commented:

“Since acquiring our position in MCG last year, we have been very encouraged with the progress made by the Group as evidenced by the strong rise in both profits and revenues at the interim results. We continue to believe that MCG is well placed through its sector and geographic diversity to grow its market position.”

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London, 8 November 2011 – Liberty awarded ‘London’s Best Shop’ by Time Out magazine

bluegem — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:15:04 +0000

Liberty was today awarded the coveted title of ‘London’s Best Shop’ by Time Out magazine. This is the third time Liberty has been given the prestigious award, beating the likes of Dover Street Market, Browns, Harrods and Selfridges.

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London, 13 October 2011 – Liberty acquires British brand Christys’ & Co Hat Company

bluegem — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:27:14 +0000

Liberty announces today the acquisition of Christys’ Hats, a legendary British brand. This acquisition marks the beginning of Liberty’s strategy of investing in and promoting niche luxury brands with a strong British heritage.

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Roma, 28 June 2011- Neomobile acquires UCT Group

bluegem — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:35:58 +0000

Neomobile announced today the acquisition of United Cellular Technologies (UCT) Group, one of the key players in the Turkish market and partner of the three mobile operators Turkcell, Vodafone and Avea.

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Roma, 20 May 2011 – Neomobile in Top 10 fastest growing media companies in Europe

bluegem — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:51:51 +0000

Neomobile has been recognised as one of the Top 10 fastest growing larger media companies in Europe at the GP Bullhound Media Momentum Awards 2011, considered the Oscar of the digital media sector, that took place last night in Barcelona.

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Roma, 11 March 2011 – Neomobile acquires Onebip

bluegem — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:17:53 +0000

Neomobile announces today the acquisition of Onebip, the leading mobile payment provider for online game publishers, social networks and web merchants. The acquisition will create one of the Top 3 mobile commerce players in Europe.

The state of the art technology developed by Onebip coupled with Neomobile remarkable relationships with the mobile carriers especially in key European and LatAm markets, will deliver the best value to international merchants in terms of coverage and service quality.

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Roma, 9 September 2010 – Neomobile announces the acquisition of Zero9

bluegem — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:20:05 +0000

Neomobile announces today the acquisition of Zero9, after a process that lasted several months and will be finalized in the following weeks.

This acquisition reinforces Neomobile’s strategic positioning and product portfolio in Italy and creates an absolute market leader in Brazil.

London, 28 June 2010 – BlueGem acquires Liberty Plc

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:54:59 +0000

Today BlueGem L.P. announced that it had successfully completed its public takeover of Liberty Plc, the British heritage brand famous for its department store on London’s Great Marlborough Street and its wholesale luxury fabrics business.

The Liberty department store is situated in an iconic tudor-style building, located in the heart of London’s city-centre between Regent Street and Carnaby Street, comprising approximately 70,000 square feet of retail space across six floors. Selling both third party and own-branded avant garde fashion, beauty, gifts, homeware and haberdashery, the store is well known for its eclectic range and design-led offering.

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London, 18 June 2010 – BlueGem acquired a 17% stake in Management Consulting Group

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:43 +0000

Today BlueGem L.P. acquired a 17% stake in Management Consulting Group Plc by way of a subscription for new shares, alongside further investment from its existing shareholders, managers and key employees.

Management Consulting Group is a global provider of consultancy services through its three underlying divisions: Alexander Proudfoot, Kurt Salmon Associates and Ineum Consulting.

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