RE: IDE2 Sep 2019 16:31
Posted by Raleigh on the MXCP board
MXLGToday 14:57
I post only from my personal perspective as an MXCP shareholder.
I like Íde on account of its size, potential after turnaround, it's board, and the time, effort and financial backing given to it by MXCP and long term MXCP backers Kestrel, and the likelihood of sale at an appropriate time. Here we are currently invested in both, and wish both well, and my further comments may apply also to Adept4 ( I have no knowledge of Cloudcoco, shareholders, etc ) but it appears to me MXCP, and we investors, have far more to gain from Ide, over which MXCP and Kestrel have complete control ( 52.2% )
MXLG is MXCP's venture with Liberty Global and consists of SICL, 365ITMS, and Koris. It is capitalised at £14.3m. Ian Smith's partner Tony Weaver and MXCP advisory board member Steven Zhang represent MXJV at board level.
On what is known from press and other releases, it is possible now to envisage MXLG as a company with £20m+ turnover, a buy and build adding products, revenue and customers into which to cross-sell, whilst integration and savings on synergies take place.( something which did not take place at Ide, prompted Ian Smith's ire and will be different here with MXC and LGE in joint direct control )
As stated at the beginning, "The newly established joint venture company will initially seek to undertake a series of acquisitions in order to create an enterprise of size and scale, taking advantage of MXC's knowledge and understanding of the market, Liberty Global's existing network and solutions, as well as the opportunities both parties see to consolidate what remains a fragmented market."
Something is planned for Íde, and It will be a sale at the appropriate time, down the road. MXLG need to get size into their operation, to create the scale envisaged from combination with Liberty Global existing assets. Should MXLG be the buyers, ( and it would be a great deal for MXCP to pull off - they would pay 25% and get back 43% plus loan notes and their accrued value ) there would even now be an immediate£60m+ revenue and growing company. And by the time it happens, if it does, Íde will be in far better shape than currently, adding value there, to MXCP and to the overall MXLG proposition, with the distinct possibility of Ex Capita Andy Parker at the helm of the private company, pending acquisition by Liberty Global.
I anticipate further MXLG acquisition(s) in the interim.