Numis is one of the UK’s leading independent investment banking groups, offering a full range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking and advisory services. At end-September 2022, it employed 336 staff in offices in London, Dublin and New York and had 176 corporate clients.
Takeover Panel Restriction. For the purposes of the Takeover Code, Edison is deemed to be connected with Numis Corporation as a provider of paid-for research. Under Rule 20.1 Edison must not include any profit forecast, quantified financial benefits statement, asset valuation or estimate of other figures key to the offer, except to the extent that such forecasts, statements, valuations or estimates have been published prior to the offer period (as defined in the Takeover Code) by an offeror or the offeree company (as appropriate) in accordance with the requirements of the Code. Consequently we have removed our estimates until the offer period ends.
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Alexander Ham
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
Andrew Holloway
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Ross Mitchinson
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
Forecast net debt (£m)
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% | 1M | 3M | 12M |
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Actual | 0.9 | 1.1 | 35.4 |
Relative | (2.5) | (1.0) | 25.9 |
52 week high/low | 341.0p/170.4p |
On 28 April, Numis accepted a recommended cash acquisition of 350p per share, or a total value of c £410m, from Deutsche Bank AG for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Numis. Shareholders are to be paid 339p in cash, an interim dividend of 6p (declared on 5 May) and an additional interim dividend of 5p (contingent on the transaction becoming effective). The all-cash offer represents a 72% premium to the closing price of 204p per share on 27 April. The transaction is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2023.
Y/E Sep | Revenue (£m) | EBITDA (£m) | PBT (£m) | EPS (fd) (p) | P/E (x) | P/CF (x) |
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2021A | 215.6 | 72.3 | 74.2 | 49.1 | 6.9 | N/A |
2022A | 144.2 | 25.6 | 20.9 | 11.9 | 28.3 | N/A |
2023E | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2024E | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |