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Friday, Jul 29 2011 by Ben Hobson

Michael Greenlees, CEO, Ebiquity

Last year, AIM listed media and marketing specialist Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) pulled off an acquisition in Germany that not only doubled its revenues but also transformed the services that it was able to offer advertisers, ad agencies and media owners. For chief executive Michael Greenlees – a renowned advertising industry figure who cancelled early retirement to join Ebiquity in 2007 – the company’s recent rapid growth is just the start.

Greenlees took the helm at Ebiquity – then known as Thomson Intermedia – after a career that saw him set-up, float and later sell his own agency, Gold Greenlees Trott, to American giant Omnicom. He went on to lead that group’s TBWA Worldwide division before joining Omnicom’s executive board in 2001. Since joining Ebiquity, Greenlees has taken the group’s core expertise in advising corporates on the effectiveness of their marketing spend and constructed an international operation that offers a range of data-driven services all related to understanding media and marketing.

A major part of what Ebiquity does involves advising clients on how much ‘bang for their buck’ they get from advertising, how they are perceived by consumers and, importantly, how to improve. It boasts 1,000 clients in 60 international markets, including 85 of the top 100 global advertisers and all the major advertising agency groups. Its business is broadly divided between Platform and Analytics. The Analytics division consists of Ebiquity’s Media, Effectiveness and Digital practices and the Platform division consists of its Advertising Intelligence, Reputation & PR and Media Technology practices.

While the economic downturn caused a lot of pain for Ebiquity’s clients, the company’s core divisions, including Billets, the media audit and consultancy services arm, and Thomson Media Control, performed admirably. However, it was the £17.9 million acquisition of Germany’s Xtreme Information Services in March 2010 that really quickened the pace at Ebiquity last year. That deal caused the balance of revenues to swing to 71% in favour of international business, up from 38% the previous year. It also evened out the revenues between the two divisions. Xtreme’s integration into Platform caused the revenue contribution to increase from 28% to 59% from that division. Overall, revenues in 2010 jumped by 108% to £44.1 million, underlying operating profits doubled to £5.3 million and underlying pre-tax profits rose by 90% to £4.8 million. In the 16 months since the acquisition, shares in Ebiquity have risen from 56p to 93p.

In the mean time, Greenlees has been keen to infill the portfolio with a handful of smaller acquisitions, among them Excellence Media in France, Media Advisor in Italy, London-based Echo Research (a specialist in scrutinising social media) and a majority stake in The Joined Up Media Company in Russia. He insists that the growth strategy is on course and there will be more deals to come.

Michael, you doubled revenues at Ebiquity last year and acquired a business that really expanded your international presence. How challenging has it been for you to keep control of that sort of major change?

Well, I’ve got a pretty good management team here. One of the things that I think perhaps distinguishes us from other companies of our size is the strength of our management team. We’ve got a fantastic financial team led by Andy Beach, we’ve got a really strong customer facing operation led by Nick Manning, we’ve got a great Head of Operations in Paul Adams, and great technical staff. Everybody has stepped up to the plate, learnt new skills and really delivered this year.

Was expansion on this scale always something that you planned to do, because acquisitions on this scale can cause problems, can’t they?

I suppose the short answer is yes. As somebody By SpikeyDT ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=8593544&action=detail Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:07:00 GMT SpikeyDT tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.8583634 Wednesday, Jul 27 2011 by Edison Investment Research
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Jul 27th 2011 - Edison Investment Research today published a report on Ebiquity (EBQ.L, LSE:EBQ, LON:EBQ) entitled "Synergies Boost FY11". In summary, the report says:

Today (27 July) Ebiquity announced its FY11 preliminary results. Normalised and diluted EPS of 6.0p came in ahead of our 5.4p estimate, primarily due to £1.2m higher revenues and a higher than-anticipated operating margin at 12%. With further synergies from the April 2010 Xtreme acquisition expected, we are increasing our FY12 estimates for PBT to £7.5m from £6.7m and for EPS to 7.4p from 6.8p. Net debt should fall to £2.5m by FY12 year-end after c £4.8m acquisition payments. By SpikeyDT ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=8583634&action=detail Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:06:00 GMT SpikeyDT tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.8400727 Thu, 16/06/2011 - 00:00 | Hybridan
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Ebiquity (EBQ) [90.5p/£53.24 million]

Ebiquity, which provides a range of business-critical data, analysis and consultancy services to advertisers, media owners and PR professionals around the world, has announced the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in its Russian media practice partner, The Joined Up Media Company.

A consideration of £1.2 million is being offered, with an upfront of £356,000 and criteria-related payments spread across three years making up the balance.

Ebiquity has an existing partner arrangement in Russia and the surrounding areas. With Joined Up Media already representing close to 50% of the Russian media auditing market, the acquisition will offer significant cross-selling opportunities to Ebiquity and its current portfolio of services.

The new acquisition helps to further the reach of the company's analytics division and follows the £10 million (up to) acquisition last month of Echo Research, which is a well-reputed analysis, media measurement and stakeholder research specialist with offices in London, New York, Paris and Singapore.
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by Nikhil Kumar
Monday, 30 May 2011

Ebiquity eyes social media

Facebook and Twitter boast millions of users – and millions of opportunities for companies to plug their products and gauge market trends. No surprise then, that market research firms have been rushing to burnish their social media credentials.

It is the same rationale that drove Ebiquity, the Alternative Investment Market-listed media insight and analytics business, to shell out up to £10m to buy Echo Research earlier this month.

The deal will allow Ebiquity to offer its clients data and advice on social media. The target is well established in the digital world, with analysts at Edison Investment Research highlighting its roster of blue-chip clients, including Shell, HSBC and Pfizer.

Moreover, it's no upstart. The business has been around for more than two decades, and won numerous awards for its digital nous. Digging deeper into the numbers, Edison analysts reckon that the deal is likely to prove earnings accretive in the first full year of the acquisition.

"During the year to 31 March 2011, Echo achieved turnover of £5m and normalised operating profits of £500,000," they said, pointing out that, as with past deals, Ebiquity has identified synergies between its own business and its buy. "This, together with cross-selling opportunities for Ebiquity's existing clients should enable Echo to be earnings accretive in the first year of ownership and beyond."

Numis was also positive, and upgraded its forecasts in response to the deal. From pre-tax profits of £6.5m with earnings per share of 6.8p per share before the deal, the broker now estimates £7.4m in profits with 7.4p in earnings for 2012. By SpikeyDT ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=8322276&action=detail Mon, 30 May 2011 06:40:00 GMT SpikeyDT tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.8285643 ')" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.stockopedia.co.uk/content/ebiquity-looks-to-boost-analytics-offering-with-echo-acquisition-56724/

Ebiquity looks to boost analytics offering with Echo acquisition

Friday, May 20 2011 by Stockopedia News 0 comments 246 reads

AIM quoted media analytics business Ebiquity (LON:EBQ) is set to pay up to £10.0m to buy Echo Research, an international reputation analysis, media measurement and stakeholder research specialist with offices in London, New York, Paris and Singapore. The deal is being funded with a combination of new debt facilities and the proceeds of a share placing priced at 90p per share that raised £2.6 million. Separately, Ebiquity reported that trading in the second half of the financial year ended 30 April 2011 had continued to be strong, with a particularly good performance in the US, and that it would be “comfortably in line” with market expectations for the financial year. Shares in Ebiquity rose by 1.5p to 93.5p.

Echo’s business focuses on brand reputation and stakeholder insights, as well as analysis of non-paid media, including social media. Sandra Macleod, the company’s founder, will remain as chief executive of the Echo business, which counts over 60 global blue chip companies among its clients. Ebiquity said the deal would mean it could offer its existing clients industry leading analysis and advice that will compliment its current analytics and insight offerings and deliver a comprehensive, global and in depth understanding of the evolving media landscape. “Non-paid, “earned” and, in particular, social media, are playing an increasingly vital role in how brands, businesses and management teams are perceived. The lines between paid and non-paid media are also rapidly blurring as brand owners exploit digital channels in ever more inventive ways to influence consumer perceptions, often in support of more traditional paid media activity.

Ebiquity is buying Echo’s holding company TCRG Holdings Ltd for an initial consideration of £3.5 million with a maximum aggregate consideration of up to £10.0 million, conditional on the business achieving certain demanding growth targets over the next two years. It said the acquisition would be materially earnings enhancing in the first full financial year following completion and the realisation of identified synergies. Echo’s turnover for the year ended 31 March 2011 was £5.0m and it generated an operating profit before highlighted items of £0.5m.

Michael Greenlees, the chief executive of Ebiquity, said: “The directors believe the acquisition of Echo will further establish our global leadership in marketing analytics and insight and will deepen our presence in the rapidly growing non-paid media market. With social media becoming a larger and ever more prominent part of the media landscape, the directors believe that businesses and brands increasingly need to understand what is being said about them and how that affects their perception and brand values and reputation. Echo’s business and global footprint compliments Ebiquity’s already well developed international network. We look forward to welcoming Sandra and her team into the Ebiquity group. By SpikeyDT ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=8285643&action=detail Fri, 20 May 2011 16:59:00 GMT SpikeyDT tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.8282534 http://www.growthcompany.co.uk/news/1624993/ebiquity-to-acquire-echo.thtml By petrit ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=8282534&action=detail Fri, 20 May 2011 10:16:00 GMT petrit tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.8282189 Friday, May 20 2011 by Edison Investment Research


May 20th 2011 - Edison Investment Research today published a report on Ebiquity (EBQ.L, LSE:EBQ, LON:EBQ) entitled "Echo Enhancement". In summary, the report says:

Today (May 20), Ebiquity announced the acquisition of Echo Research (Echo) for an initial £3.5m (now) and deferred £0.3m (payable May 2012) cash consideration, plus a maximum earn out of £6.2m over the next two years. Echo focuses on the analysis of brand reputation and stakeholder insights, as well non-paid media. To fund this deal and other future acquisitions, Ebiquity has placed 2.85m shares at 90p with existing shareholders and has increased its term bank facility for acquisitions by £5.0m. With Echo expected to be earnings accretive in the short-term, we have increased our normalised FY12 pre-tax profit to £6.5m (up from £5.6m) and EPS estimate to 6.8p (up from 6.4p).

http://www.stockopedia.co.uk/research/echo-enhancement-56707/ By SpikeyDT ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=8282189&action=detail Fri, 20 May 2011 09:30:00 GMT SpikeyDT tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.7735676 Tempted to buy more.

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Interesting By petrit ]]> http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=7687951&action=detail Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:59:00 GMT petrit tag:iii.co.uk,2003:tst.7166612 http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:EBQ.L&display=discussion&id=7166612&action=detail Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:49:00 GMT shuttlemania