2011
Mission Statement
To become the leader in African wealth management by providing first class
products d t and d services i t to corporate, t i institutional tit ti l and d hi high h net t worth th clients. li t
Imaras Presence
Overview
A Botswana listed Investment Banking Group with a regional network of offices. Extensive Expertise p in Africa - a p pioneer in the development p of African capital p
markets in the past twenty years.
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In excess of US$165m of client funds under management and US$1.77 billion of client assets under administration.
Corporate Finance raises capital and provides strategic advice for both large and
small ll companies i across Africa. Af i
Background g
Formation of S P Reid (Pty) Ltd in SA Formation of Edwards & Co in Harare Stockbrokers Botswana and Botswana Stock Exchange est Acquisition by Robert Fleming UK of 50% of Edwards & Co Stockbrokers Malawi Ltd and Malawi Stock Exchange est Sale of Robert Fleming UK to JP Morgan MBO of Edwards & Co from JP Morgan Formation of Imara in Botswana Acquisition of S P Reid & Mackeurtan (Pty) Ltd in SA Acquisition of The Janus Corporation (Pty) Ltd in SA Acquisition of the Anglo African Global Fund : rebranded Imara Global Fund Launch of Asset Management businesses in Botswana & SA International Financial Services Centre status granted Acquisition of Rice Rinaldi broking book in SA MOU signed with Stockbrokers Zambia & Namibia Equity Brokers Launch of the Imara African Opportunities Fund (IAOF) Acquisition of interest in Imara Capital Zimbabwe Imara listed on OTC market of the Botswana Stock Exchange IAOF listed on Dublin Stock Exchange 1938 1954 1989 1994 1996 2000 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006
Imara listed on the VCM of the Botswana Stock Exchange IAOF registered and granted local asset status in Botswana Launch of the Imara Africa Series umbrella fund sub funds included
Nigeria Fund Zimbabwe Fund 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
MOU signed with MacCapital Dubai Launch of Imara Africa Securities Imara Capital SA / Zingwenya BEE transaction Launch of the Imara East Africa Fund Launch of the Imara Equity Fund in SA Launch of Imara Trust Company (Mauritius) Limited MOU signed with Chapel Hill Denham in Nigeria Launch of the Imara African Resources Fund MOU signed with NIC Capital Limited in Kenya Launch of Imara Securities Angola SCVM in Luanda Acquisition of interest in Stockbrokers Zambia Imara Beresford International Limited formed in Mauritius Acquisition of interest in Capital Securities (Pty) Limited in Botswana
Asset Management
13 professional investment managers,
including 5 in our Zimbabwe associate, covering Africa as well as emerging and global markets.
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Sales 34 sales/portfolio professionals, including 3 in Zimbabwe, covering the region Research 9 equity research analysts, including 3 in Zimbabwe, covering over 400 regional companies p
Trading
Corporate Finance
Overview
Overview
Active in African markets executed over 200 transactions across 12 countries, with a combined transaction value in excess of US$10 billion; Regional network of offices securing a premier position in sub-Saharan Africa.
C Contacts :
Rod Macleod +27 11 550 6006 rod.macleod@imara.co Dave Stone +267 267 318 8009 dave.stone@imara.co Mike Burrell +27 11 550 6001 mike.burrell@imara.co Nick Ralph +263 263 4 701 320 nick.ralph@imara.co Gerhard Hametner +971502892935 sgh@mac-sharaf.com
Branch network
UAE
ZIMBABWE
UnitedKingdom Nigeria Ghana Guinea Uganda Kenya Tanzania Malawi Zambia Zimbabwe Botswana Swaziland SouthAfrica
Execution experience
Core Services
Category
Capital Cap ta Markets a ets
Services
IPOs RightsOffersandClawBacks Underwriting BondandDebtIssues OriginationandResearch Valuations(includingfairandreasonableopinions) Structuring FundRaising ControlledDisposalProcesses Prefeasibilityresearch Pathwaydetermination Partneringagreements Tradesalesand/orIPOs Corporate restructuringsandgeneralstrategicadvice toenhanceshareholdervalue
Sectors
M&A
Privatisation
Telecommunications, Banking,RealEstate,Mining andMetals,Financial Services,Food,Beverages andManufacturing, CommercialAgricultureand DownStreamProcessing (Tobacco Sugar, (Tobacco, Sugar Grains, Grains Protein),Information Technology,MotorIndustry, IndustrialHoldings, Engineering, Marine, ,Logistics. g
Advisory
African credentials
African credentials
African credentials
African credentials
The Team
The Team
Roderick MacLeod, BCom LLB CAIB (SA) HDip FMiI Head of Corporate Finance Rod MacLeod is a Certified Associate of the Institute of Bankers. He joined Barclays Bank, being promoted to Barclays Merchant Bank in 1982 and then seconded to the London office in 1985. On his return to South Africa in 1988, Rod was appointed as Senior Advisor at FirstCorp dealing with M&A, M&A MBO and private equity opportunities. opportunities In 1990, 1990 Rod joined AP&CI responsible for the Group Groups s acquisition growth strategy. He joined Janus as a director and shareholder in 1995. Nick Ralph, B Com (UCT), CA (Z) Head of Corporate Finance Zimbabwe Nick is a chartered accountant who qualified with Deloitte in Zimbabwe and subsequently worked with them in New York and London before returning to Zimbabwe. He returned to Zimbabwe in 2001 to work as the Finance Director for Mitchell & Mitchell, at the time the largest horticultural export operation in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Between 2005 and 2008 he ran his own consultancy business before joining Imara as head of corporate finance Zimbabwe. Mike Burrell, CA, Hons. BCompt Head of Corporate Finance South Africa Mike was previously an executive director of the New Republic Bank and also held senior positions at Mercantile Bank. He holds a Diploma in Advanced Banking. Mike joined Imara after being self-employed for a number of years and has been involved in numerous corporate finance and investment banking transactions, transactions both from a listed and an un-listed perspective in South Africa. Africa Shepherd Mahowa, B Acc (Zim), Dip Acc (Zim), CA (Zim), CA (SA) Shepherd qualified as a Chartered Accuountant with KPMG in Zimbabwe before working in commerce with a wide variety of corporates, including TA Holdings and Zimnat Lion where he was the finance director. In 2004 he moved to South Africa where he worked with a number of financial services firms including Ernst & Young. He joined Imara in 2008. Markus de Klerk, BA (LLB) (Natal) Markus is a registered legal practitioner in Zimbabwe and has 17 years experience in commercial legal matters, corporate administration and the financial services sector in SADC. Before joining Imara he was legal counsel for Ecobank Zimbabwe and its parent company, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, listed in both Ghana and Nigeria. Prior to this he was Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary for BancABC Limited, listed on both the BSE and ZSE. Markus has a well developed network of professional contacts in the SADC region and has an in-depth knowledge of the legal, social and business issues pertaining to financial institutions.