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FD owner Incisive Media announces refinancing deal with Alchemy

Incisive Media – parent company of Financial Director & Accountancy Age – announces refinancing agreement with private equity firm

INCISIVE MEDIA – parent company of Financial Director & Accountancy Age – has announced refinancing agreement with private equity firm Alchemy, which will see the the firm take a majority stake in the business. 

The publisher, which also produces popular titles including Legal Week, Investment Week and Professional Pensions said the new capital structure had been agreed between Alchemy and the other minority lenders and provided Incisive Media with a “significantly strengthened balance sheet with much reduced net debt”, Professional Pensions reports.

Commenting on the refinancing Incisive Media executive chairman and chief executive Tim Weller (pictured) said: “This is great news for the ongoing development of our company.

“The strong financial platform and supportive majority shareholder in the form of Alchemy will give us the ability to invest in the business, both in our people and our brands. We have made considerable progress in digital, subscriptions and events over the last few years and look forward to being able to accelerate this by investing in the business to stimulate further growth and by taking advantage of the many opportunities that lie ahead.

“Our markets are showing encouraging signs of recovery which, with the combination of a robust balance sheet and the steps we have taken to position each of our businesses, allows us to look to the future with real confidence.”

Alchemy partner Ian Cash added: “We are admirers of Incisive Media’s leading brand positions and the entrepreneurial management team headed by Tim Weller.

“We are delighted to have led the restructuring and look forward to continuing to support the transformation and growth of the business as the majority shareholder.”

As part of the refinancing, Incisive Media has also made a number of changes to its board of directors.

Dame Helen Alexander and Brian Larcombe have stepped down with from their respective roles as non-executive chairman and non-executive director.

David Gilbertson – who has previously been the chief executive at Informa and EMAP – will join the board as a non-executive director, in addition to Ian Cash, Toby Westcott and Paul Bridges from Alchemy.

Weller commented: “I would first like to thank Helen and Brian for their commitment, sound advice and the invaluable contribution they have both made to Incisive Media since joining the board in 2009.

“I am delighted that David Gilbertson has agreed to join us. David brings with him a strong track record of successfully leading international media companies. His experience will be of huge benefit to the board of directors and me personally in the group’s next growth phase”.

See more at: www.incisivemedia.com

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