Interregnum PLC
29 March 2000
INTERREGNUM PLC ('Interregnum' or 'the Company')
REALISATION OF GEOCONFERENCE INVESTMENT
Interregnum, the specialist IT venture marketing company,
has successfully advised Geoconference Limited
('Geoconference'), the teleconferencing services
provider, on its sale to Global Crossing Conferencing, a
subsidiary of Nasdaq-quoted Global Crossing Ltd for an
undisclosed consideration. The proceeds due to
Interregnum from this transaction amount to an initial
consideration of over £360,000 from both the sale of its
equity interest and an advisory fee from Geoconference,
to be followed by a further fee arising from earn-out
payments over the next two years. The sale of
Geoconference represents Interregnum's first realisation
since the Company's shares were admitted to trading on
the Alternative Investment Market on 13 March 2000.
Interregnum was awarded an equity stake in Geoconference
at the time of its formation in 1996. This was
subsequently augmented by a grant of options, leaving
Interregnum with a 4.2% stake at the time of sale.
Interregnum advised Geoconference on the development of
its business plan to build a new-style, audio and video-
conferencing company. Ken Olisa of Interregnum became
Chairman of Geoconference in July 1996. In addition,
Interregnum assisted in two rounds of fund-raising for
Geoconference. In July 1996, 3i and Thomson Clive
provided a total of £1.6 million of start-up capital and
in October 1998, a £500,000 finance facility was provided
by IFT, a US-based trade finance house.
Geoconference has call centres in Glasgow and London and
a national virtual private network. In 1999, the company
employed around 70 people and generated revenues of
nearly £4m. Its customers include IBM Europe, Clifford
Chance and Deutsche Bank.
Ken Olisa, Managing Director, Interregnum plc commented:
'We take great pride in the successful conclusion of our
venture marketing relationship with Geoconference. As
Founder shareholders, our hands-on approach to venture
marketing helped George Mackintosh to grow a company from
scratch to a turnover of £4m and 50 strong workforce. As
M&A advisors to the company we were able to demonstrate
the breadth of Interregnum's services'.
For more information:
Interregnum plc 0207 494 3080
Ken Olisa, Managing Director
Adrian Merryman, Chief Investment Officer
Sherry Madera, Principal
Teather & Greenwood Limited 0207 426 9000
Russell Cook
Adrian Dewey
Ludgate Communications 0207 216 4453
Vanessa Anderson
Tim Davis
NOTES TO EDITORS
* Interregnum is a specialist IT venture marketing
company. It works with high potential IT
entrepreneurs to develop, resource and implement
aggressive, marketing-led, value building strategies
and to 'transform technology into wealth'.
* Interregnum was admitted to AIM on 13 March 2000.
The closing middle market price on 28 March 2000 was
175p; a 25% increase to the placing price of 140p.
This values Interregnum at approximately £113
million. The proceeds of the placing will be used to
finance the expansion of all areas of the business,
in particular its highly successful venture
marketing activities.
* Interregnum provides four main services:
- Venture Marketing: working as non-executive
directors with high-potential IT companies to develop,
fund and implement aggressive business strategies, in
order to increase realisable market value and create
wealth;
- Venture Capital: working with institutional and
private investors to source capital;
- Research: working with both innovators and investors
on specific projects where the critical analysis or
development of strategies is involved;
- Mergers & Acquisitions: helps the parties involved
in M&A transactions to understand and justify the unique
value attributable to IT companies.
* Interregnum - (www.interregnum.com) is headquartered
in London with an office in San Francisco, USA, and
associates in Silicon Valley and New York. The
company currently employs 16 people.
* In August 1999, Interregnum launched
'enterprise.USA', in conjunction with the DTI-backed
Software Business Network, to assist UK IT
entrepreneurs in establishing and building the right
infrastructure to launch and sustain successful
businesses in the US.
* Interregnum currently has a portfolio of 24 IT and
IT-related investments.
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