161011 BIH Investor presentation · BIH will employ a proactive acquisition targeting strategy...

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Boston International Holdings INVESTOR PRESENTATION OCTOBER 2016

Transcript of 161011 BIH Investor presentation · BIH will employ a proactive acquisition targeting strategy...

  • BostonInternationalHoldingsI N V E S T O R P R E S E N T A T I O NO C T O B E R 2 0 1 6

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  • INTRODUCT ION

    ◦ FragmentedglobalFXmarketvaluedat$5.1tn/daypresentsahostofacquisitionopportunities

    ◦ BostonInternationalHoldings(“BIH”)isseekingtoacquirecompanieswithintheFXsectortocapitaliseontheseopportunitiesandcreateshareholdervaluebydrivingpositivechange

    ◦ Firstacquisitionwithin18months- followingthis,potentialforcomplementaryacquisitions

    ◦ StrongmanagementteamwithdeepexperienceacrossFXandFSsectors

    ◦ StandardlistingofSPACwillprovideplatformtoraisefundstoexecutetargetedacquisitions

  • EXPER IENCED MANAGEMENT

    NormanRichardConnell• 10yearsworkinginstart-upenvironmentsbothinandoutof

    financialservices• SeasonedregulatoryandcomplianceofficerinOTCDerivatives• Legal&ComplianceOfficerrolesatbothIFXMarketsandBoston

    MerchantManagementServices

    BordenJames,FounderandChairman• ManagingMemberCBFXLLC,ClarionCapitalGroupandonthe

    BoardofIFXMarketsInc• FormerDirector&CFOBostonMerchantManagementServices,

    Inc• FormerSeries3andSeries30licensesfromtheNationalFutures

    Association.• FormerDirectorBMFNPtyLtd

    RichardAllenHartheimer,Non-ExecutiveDirector• ElectronicFXtradingspecialist,developingtradingsoftwareand

    providingconsultancy• +30yearcareerinFS,workedorconsultedforCiticorp,Cognotec,

    Currenex,StandardCharteredBank• Expertwitnessoncasesdealingwithelectronictrading

    BarbaraSpurrier,CompanySecretary• Qualifiedcertifiedaccountant(FCCA)withover35yearsfinance

    experienceinnumeroussectors• Recentlysuccessfullyconcluded2IPOsand2RTOsontoLSE/AIM.• Hasbeenamainboarddirectorof4AIMlistedPlc’s,headingthe

    revenuerecognitioncommitteeoftheboardforoneofthesecompanies.

  • UnitedKingdom,2,426

    UnitedStates,1,272

    Singapore, 517

    HongKongSAR,437

    Japan, 399

    France, 181

    Switzerland, 156

    Australia, 135Germany, 116

    ROW, 907

    D A I LY F X V O L UM E S ( $ B N )

    THE MARKETTheworld’sLargestfinancialmarketwith>$5tntradeddaily

    Source:BISTriennialCentralBankSurvey,2016

  • THE OPPORTUNITY

    ◦ Competitionandfragmentationoverthepast20yearshascontributedtomarketevolution:◦ Innovationintechnology◦ Greatertransparency◦ Increasingvolume

    ◦ Recentmarketeventshaveledtoaneedforbettermanagementofriskandcompliance

    ◦ Increasinglycomplexregulatoryenvironment andlowerthresholdsforriskmeanthefragmented FXmarketisprimeforinvestmentandconsolidation

    ◦ Theproventrackrecord andexpertise ofBIH’smanagementteammeansthattheCompanyiswellpositionedtocapitaliseonthemarketopportunity

  • TARGET ING A L L S EGMENTS ACROSS THE FX MARKET

    BIH’sseniormanagementteam’sinvesting,dealandoperatingexpertiseacrosstheFXsectorwillallowthe

    Companytosourceidealtargetbusinessesandimplementitsconsolidationstrategy

    Brokers MoneyServiceBusinesses

  • B IH BUS INESS MODEL

    ◦ BIHwillimplementanoperatingstrategyintheacquiredbusinesstogeneratevalueforitsShareholdersthrough:◦ Operationalimprovements◦ Potentialcomplementaryacquisitions◦ Re-admissionoftheenlargedgroup

    ◦ TheknowledgeandexperienceofthetheBoard,inparticularintheFX,financialservices andlegalandcompliance sectors,willcontributetotheimplementationofcompanystrategiesthatenhanceshareholdervalueandgeneratestrongreturnsforinvestors

    ◦ Onlylookingtoacquirehighqualitybusinessesthathaveexceptionalpotentialforgrowth andwhichoperateinjurisdictionswithsoundregulatoryenvironments

    ◦ Targeting retailoverthecounter(OTC)andcorporate deliverablepaymentsspace

    ◦ Withanacuteunderstandingoflegalandcomplianceissues,BIHwillensurediligentcorporategovernance withinthetargetcompanyandhavethecapabilitytooperatesuccessfulbusinessesinheavilyregulatedenvironments

  • INVESTMENT CR ITER IA

    BIHwillemployaproactiveacquisitiontargetingstrategywhichidentifiespotentialacquisitioncandidatesthatmatchupwithmanagement’svalueinvestmentobjectives

    ◦ FocusingonretailOTCandcorporatedeliverablepaymentsspace◦ Recentunderperformancerelativetocapabilities◦ Strongcompetitiveindustryposition◦ Companywithlargepotentialforgrowth◦ Strongandexperiencedmanagementteams◦ AlthoughthemainfocusisontheFXindustry,theboardhasdiscretiontopursueothersectorsandopportunitieswithsignificantgrowthpotential

  • STRENGTHS OF S PAC APPROACH

    BenefitstoInvestors• PE-likeinvestorapproachwithgreaterliquiditythrough

    publiclytradedsecurities

    • After18monthsifnoacquisitionhasbeenmadetheboardwillreviewandrecommendeithertocontinuetopursuetheacquisitionforanother12monthsortowindupanyremainingcapitaltobereturnedtoinvestors

    • Alignmentofinterestthroughsponsorcapitalatriskandforfeitureandtransferrestrictionsonfounders'shares

    • Accesstoincentivisedhighqualitysponsors

    Benefitstotargetcompanies

    • Fasttrackedlistingonarecognised stockexchange

    • Privateequityinputwithoutprivateequityinfluence

    • Abilitytostructurecomplextransactionstomeetseller’sspecificneeds

    • Potentialforsellertoretainmajorityofupsideinstock

    • Lessdisruptivetoseller/companyandemployeesthantraditionalIPO

  • ADMIS S ION AND USE OF PROCEEDS

    Admission:◦ StandardListingwithsharestradedontheLSEMainMarket◦ ThecredibilityofbeingapubliccompanywillcontributetotheCompany’sabilitytoexpandcreditlinesandgainliquidity

    Fundingrounds◦ Firstroundoffundingraised£1.4m◦ Furtherfundingislikelytoberequiredpriortotheacquisition

    Useofproceeds◦ Acquiringatargetbusinessaspartofashareconsideration◦ Expensesrelatingtotheacquisition(e.g.duediligence,legalandaccountingcosts)◦ Remainingcashtobeusedforworkingcapitalpurposes

  • SUMMARY

    Roll-upacquisition

    strategygoingforward

    Targetingagrowth

    businessinahighgrowthmarketwithin18months

    Deepunderstandingofregulation

    andcompliance

    issues

    >$5tn/daymarketprime

    forconsolidation

    Strongmanagementteamwith

    provenrecordinM&A