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Spice - Acquires Revenue Assurance

September 2007

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  • Epic Code:
  • SPI
  • Price:
  • 571p
Shares in Spice Holdings spiked to a new high of 672p after excellent results but then pulled back sharply on news of its acquisition of AIM listed Revenue Assurance, 186p, for £103m. This deal is much larger than normal for Spice and the suspicion is that it is taking advantage of its highly rated paper to buy growth at inflated prices, with the exit PE for Revenue Assurance being 19.0. Nevertheless, Spice believes that Revenue Assurance, which helps utility firms to more efficiently recover monies owed by customers, will strengthen its position in the utility billing market, enhance its services in energy procurement and move into the higher added value consultancy market. Earlier, Spice announced another set of record r ...

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