finnCap Group PLC - London-based stockbroker - Pays £2.1 million for 50% interest in Energise Ltd, a Cambridge, England-based consultancy focused on environmental sustainability and achievement of net zero carbon emissions. finnCap pays £1.9 million in cash, plus 902,090 new finnCap shares worth a further £200,000. finnCap will have the option to buy the remainder of Energise for 12 months after the approval of Energise’s financial 2025 accounts. This will be at an agreed earnings multiple and can be paid up to 50% in new finnCap shares.

Energise recorded earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of £100,000 on revenue of £1.1 million in financial year that ended September 30 last year. The consultancy will continue to be led by Simon and Tamsin Alsbury, who founded Energise in 2008. ‘Our acquisition of a 50% interest in Energise is another key step in the product diversification strategy we set out at IPO and will give our clients access to a practice capable of assisting them with addressing the key sustainability challenges facing today’s board room,’ says finnCap Chief Executive Officer Sam Smith.

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