
MANAGEMENT REPORT
5
The Company may
not be able to
complete an
acquisition.
The Company's future success is dependent upon its ability to not only identify opportunities
but also to execute a successful acquisition. There can be no assurance that the Company will
be able to conclude agreements with an industry leading management team and/or any target
business and its shareholders in the future and failure to do so could result in the loss of an
investor's investment. In addition, the Company may not be able to raise the additional funds
required to acquire any target business, fund future operating expenses after the initial twelve
months, or incur the expense of due diligence for the pursuit of acquisition opportunities in
accordance with its investment objective.
The Company may
face significant
competition for
acquisition
opportunities.
There may be significant competition for some or all of the acquisition opportunities that the
Company may explore. Such competition may for example come from strategic buyers,
sovereign wealth funds, special purpose acquisition companies and public and private
investment funds, many of which are well established and have extensive experience in
identifying and completing acquisitions. A number of these competitors may possess greater
technical, financial, human and other resources than the Company. Therefore, the Company
may identify an investment opportunity in respect of which it incurs costs, for example through
due diligence and/or financing, but the Company cannot assure investors that it will be
successful against such competition. Such competition may cause the Company to incur
significant costs but be unsuccessful in executing an acquisition or may result in a successful
acquisition being made at a significantly higher price than would otherwise have been the case
which could materially adversely impact the business, financial condition, result of operations
and prospects of the Company.
Even if the Group
completes an
acquisition, any
technological,
strategic, operating,
and financial
improvements
proposed and
implemented may
not be successful.
The success of any of the Group’s acquisitions may depend in part on the Group’s ability to
implement the necessary technological, strategic, operational, and financial change
programmes in order to transform the acquired business and improve its financial performance.
Implementing change programmes within an acquired business may require significant
modifications, including changes to hardware and other business assets, operating and financial
processes and technology, software, business systems, management techniques and personnel,
including senior management.
There is no certainty that the Group will be able to successfully implement such change
programmes within a reasonable timescale and cost, and any inability to do so could have a
material adverse impact on the Company’s performance and prospects.
Specifically, in the context of operational improvements and financial performance, the
Company may not be able to propose and implement effective operational improvements for
the target business with which the Group completes an acquisition. Such target businesses may
not be able to generate the expected margins or cash flows. Although the Group assesses each
target business, these assessments are subject to a number of assumptions and estimates
concerning markets, profitability, growth, interest rates and company and asset valuations. The
Group’s assessments of, and assumptions regarding, target businesses may prove to be
incorrect, and actual developments may differ significantly from the Group’s expectations. In
addition, even if the Group completes an acquisition, general economic and market conditions
or other factors outside the Company’s control make the Company’s operating strategies
difficult or impossible to implement.
Directors’ interests
The Directors have no direct interests in the Ordinary Shares of the Company. The Directors have interests in the Company’s
long term incentive plan, as detailed in Note 18 to the Financial Statements. James Corsellis is the Chief Investment Officer
of MIM LLP, and Tom Basset and Antoinette Vanderpuije are partners of MIM LLP, which manages 75% of the Ordinary Shares
and matching Warrants, and 100% of the A Shares and matching A Warrants issued by the Company and the Sponsor Share.
James Corsellis is also the managing partner of MC LLP, and Tom Basset and Antoinette Vanderpuije are partners in MC LLP,
a firm which provides corporate finance, company secretarial, administration and accounting services to the Group.