2007 Deals

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the Charles Russell team advised.

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Acted for AIM listed Mwana Africa plc on a £17.4 million acquisition of the ASX and AIM listed company Gravity Diamonds Limited.
Advised Charles Stanley Securities on an institutional placing for Debtmatters plc.
Advised Canaccord Adams Ltd on the introduction to AIM of Energem Resources Inc, a natural resources company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Acted for Corac Group Plc on a placing of new shares and admission to AIM to raise £4.4 million.
Acted for Amerisur Resources Plc on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Fenix Oil and Gas S.A.
Advised Canaccord Adams on the acquistion by AIM listed Gemfields plc of Krinera and Greentop for £48m to be satisfied by the issue of shares in Gemfields. This transaction will constitute a reverse takeover.
Advised JPMorgan Cazenove Limited on the £33million placing for main market listed Aricom plc.
Advised Mwana Africa plc on offer for TSX listed Southernera Diamonds inc.
Acted for JP Morgan Cazenove and Canaccord Adams on the admission to the Official List of Aricom plc, which has titanium and iron ore resources in Far East Russia, and its simultaneous de-listing from AIM. On admission Aricom’s market capitalisation was £830m.
Advised AIM listed Mwana Africa plc's recommended share exchange offer for TSX listed SouthernEra Diamonds Inc, on the basis of 1 Mwana share for every 2.28 SoutherEra shares.
Advised W.H. Ireland Limited on a £3.1M secondary fundraising for AIM listed River Diamonds Plc.
Acted for Jefferies International Limited on a placing in the UK and the US for Afren plc to fund the development of its Ofa oil field in the Northern Niger Delta.
Advised Amerisur Resources plc on a fundraising which raised £15 million. Amerisur is a UK company involved in oil and gas exploration in South America.
Acted for Canaccord Adams on the placing and admission to AIM for Phorm Inc to raise approximately £15 million before expenses.
Acted for AIM listed Celoxica Holdings plc, a leading provider of accelerated computing and electronic system level design and services solutions, in relation to its placing of 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares to raise approximately £0.66 million.
Advised Seymour Pierce Limited on the admission to
AIM of Welsh coal mining company Energybuild Group Plc, together with a related £15 million placing.
Acted for Canaccord Adams on a placing by way of accelerated Bookbuild for AIM listed SubSea resources to raise £4.36m before expenses.
Acted for Yamana Gold Inc, a Canadian gold producer, in connection with its admission to the Official List by way of a secondary listing and simultaneous de-listing from AIM. Yamana was the largest company on AIM with a market capitalisation of approximately £2.4 billion on admission to the full list.
Acted for Canaccord Adams on a placing for International Marketing & Sales Group plc, an Irish company listed on AIM to raise £9.5 million before expenses.
Advised Matrix Corporate Capital Limited on a placing for AIM listed Altona Resources plc, a London-based coal mining and processing company, to raise £2.06 million before expenses to fund further development of its South Australian mining project.
Acted for Westminster Group plc on the admission to AIM of its existing issued share capital and a placing to raise £3.1 million before expenses.
Acted for Canaccord Adams on a placing for AIM listed Oriel Resources plc, a London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing company to raise £48.8m before expenses.
Advised JPMorgan Cazenove and Canaccord Adams on a placing conducted by way of accelerated book build for AIM listed company Aricom plc to raise $554million before expenses.

Advised Canaccord Adams Limited on a placing for AIM listed environmental services company TEG Environmental Plc to raise £11million before expenses.

Acted for AIM listed Celoxica Holdings plc, a leading provider of ESL design solutions, in relation to its proposed Share Re-organisation and proposal to raise approximately £3 million by the placing of 18,756,250 Ordinary Shares.
Advised TSX and AIM listed Afriore Limited on the UK aspects of the CDN$496.4m (£219.3m) takeover bid by Lonmin plc for its entire issued share capital. Afriore is focused on the exploration and development of platinum and gold projects in Southern Africa, where the Company is undertaking its exploration programs. Lonmin Plc is the third largest platinum producer in the world.
Advised BNB Recruitment Solutions plc on the cancellation of admission to trading of its ordinary shares on AIM.
Advised Seymour Pierce Limited on a £3.5million placing for Synchronica plc, a mobile e-mail and wireless device management software company.
Acted for Chaco Resources plc on a £2million placing. Chaco Resources is a company involved in oil and gas exploration in South America.