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Utilitywise

July 2013

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Utilitywise has acquired Energy Information Centre for Â£15.5m (Â£10.5m cash plus Â£5m in shares). To help fund the cash element it has placed 5m new shares at 100p. EIC offers energy procurement services similar to those of Utilitywise for both electricity and gas but focuses on industrial and commercial customers whereas Utilitywise focuses mainly on SMEs. The two are therefore complementary. The deal implies a historical EV/EBITDA exit multiple of 6.7x although EIC has been in decline for a number of years mainly because of a poor sales team which will be revitalised in Utilitywiseâ€™s hands.Finncap has increased its forecast for the year to end July to Â£6.75m (7.6p) with next year seeing a real jump off to Â ...

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