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ELITE Supporting ambitious UK companies towards growth and investment
ELITE Growth
ELITE Connect
ELITE Club Deal
2012 2015
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2016
CATALYST FOR GROWTH
A full-service programme designed
to share best practices and
increase growth opportunities,
including the understanding of
capital markets.
CONNECTION TO INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
A digital platform that brings
together listed companies,
institutional investors and financial
intermediaries to enable easier
interactions and increase
productivity.
CAPITAL FOR GROWTH
An online private placement
platform designed to streamline the
capital raising process for
companies.
ELITE operates across the funding ladder, following our clients along their entire
life cycle.
The ELITE offering is structured across three well-defined products: ELITE Growth, ELITE Club Deal,
ELITE Connect.
The ELITE offering
What is ELITE Growth?
The foundation of ELITE, a programme and
platform to help ambitious, growing private
companies better prepare and structure for
further growth and external investment.
Delivered in partnership with Imperial College
Business School in the UK, ELITE facilitates
long-term structured engagement between
ambitious growing businesses, entrepreneurs,
experts and the corporate advisory and investor
communities.
How does ELITE Growth work?
COMPANY REFLECTION & REVIEW
A comprehensive programme, delivered
with entrepreneurs, investors and advisers,
to stimulate organisational review and
change.
PLANNING FOR CHANGE
Practical and technical workshops
designed to reflect on company-specific
issues and plan for change with the
support of the ELITE Partner network.
CAPITALISE ON THE BENEFITS
Utilise the ELITE community and learnings
to access new business opportunities and
consider funding options and processes in
more detail.
Story of ELITE Growth
Launched first in Italy in April 2012, ELITE has expanded
across Europe – launching in the UK in 2014 and the rest
of Europe in 2015.
Currently ELITE Growth has almost 500 companies and continues
to expand…
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2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
International Italy UK
Story of ELITE Growth
170,000+ AGGREGATE
EMPLOYEES
£32bn AGGREGATE
REVENUE
25 COUNTRIES
30 SECTORS
467 COMPANIES
ELITE Community
ELITE companies access a vibrant community which facilitates long-term structured engagement
with players from the business and financial environment.
ELITE UK Companies
£1bn+
10 000+ 38
Aggregate revenues
Aggregate
employees
Locations
Technology
Consumer Services
Health Care
Industrials
Financials
Oil & Gas
Consumer Goods
Telecommunications
Basic Materials
90 UK Companies
Lucy Greggains , CFO, Unruly Media:
“ELITE has provided a solid network of like-minded
entrepreneurs and their CFOs who want to see the
next high growth technology success story come out of the
UK! It's been inspiring to share challenges, opportunities
and experiences with other high growth companies. We've
covered everything from international expansion, to
company culture and financing.”
Graeme Malcolm, CEO, M Squared Lasers:
“The programme has increased our awareness of different
forms of funding and what needs to be done to prepare for
each. It allows us to think about how we can keep scaling
up.”
Anthony Fletcher, CEO, Graze:
“It’s a fantastic programme. graze is a
business competing on a world stage and the opportunity
to utilise the experience and learnings of our
contemporaries is invaluable. Through the programme we
have gained expertise and confidence allowing us to
continue to place technology at the heart of our business
and aspire to build a world class operation.”
Ed Bussey, CEO, Quill:
“Quill is growing rapidly and the ELITE programme offers
a great opportunity to focus on solutions that will help us to
overcome the challenges of scaling a business fast. It's
also an invaluable chance to spend time with peers at
other companies who face similar challenges.“
…and what they say
Bespoke access to a network of leading advisers, investors, experts, entrepreneurs, public and private companies
Earlier engagement with the investor community helping to access capital from a range of sources as and when appropriate for your business
Opportunity to interact, share experiences and learn from other companies with similar growth objectives and aspirations
Develop the expertise to help make informed business and funding decisions for your company
Become part of a vibrant ecosystem that supports and promotes innovation, entrepreneurialism and growth
A platform to enhance your business profile with stakeholders, supported by an extensive media campaign and web portal with the option for private placements
Benefits of joining
• Detailed discussion with London Stock
Exchange to ascertain your business needs.
• Completion of the application form and
providing relevant information.
• Application discussed by a selection
committee.
• On approval, we will communicate the
planned programme for you and your ELITE
peers and start working with you.
To join ELITE Growth, a company must have at
least £5m in revenues and demonstrate its future
growth potential and ambition.
Company joins as part of a cohort for an 18
month period. There are two cohorts each year –
April and November.
Participation is at the CEO / CFO level and two
individuals from the same company may
participate.
Content and discussion over 7 modules.
Additional meetings & workshops are scheduled
as needed.
Cost of joining is £15,000 for the 18 months.
The Process
How to join as a company
Being part of a vibrant ecosystem that supports and promotes innovation, entrepreneurialism and growth brings
many benefits.
Deliver programme module
content
Provide ongoing mentoring &
advisory services
Attend regular community
networking events
Lead specific technical
workshops
Profile your firm on ELITE
platform & connect with
companies
Participate in panel
discussions
How supporters get involved
ELITE companies, investors and partners enjoy exposure from an exclusive agreement with The Times and good
coverage from regional and national press as well as our other supporting networks.
“ELITE has had more than 380 participants, although Xavier Rolet, the LSE's chief executive, wants to
grow the initiative, which is supported by The Times, to tens of thousands of members.” Apr 2016
“Going for Growth: learning the business of being Elite. The head of the London Stock Exchange wants to discover a new corporate
giant.” Apr 2014
ELITE offers a unique platform to support the
introduction to capital markets of some of UK's most
promising companies.
Access to the right kind of finance is critical to
growth and firms must be able to understand, have
access to and be confident in choosing between
different options. The CBI is proud to support ELITE
in bringing together a vibrant network of
stakeholders from all stages of the funding ladder,
including corporate, investor, advisory, research
and public sector partners, to support high-growth
firms to fulfil their potential.
ELITE is a way of getting SMEs to think more
broadly about what they're doing. SMEs don't have
the time or the resources to think about strategic
growth on a daily basis.
Two Belfast firms are to join the latest cohort of the
London Stock Exchange Elite programme set up to
support high-growth private companies.
Scottish Hi-tech start-ups boosted by initiative
London firms in the vanguard to join LSE’s
ELITE programme..
A key objective of Elite is to create a unified culture
for UK SMEs as a means of stimulating overall
economic growth in the UK.
ELITE will further raise the profile of the tech sector
amongst professional investors, helping to build
essential sector expertise to compete with the pull
of the US markets and ensure that British firms
create high quality jobs here in the UK. J Shields
Media and supporter exposure
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120
Companies have completed a deal
with a Private Equity firm
Companies issued bonds in
aggregate of €410m
Companies publicly announced an IPO
in the medium term – 5 companies
listed on a public market
M&A / JV deals completed by ELITE
companies
Since joining ELITE companies have accelerated their
growth plans and gained access to funding opportunities
40 Listed companies play as mentor for
ELITE companies
Cultural change and access to capital
LSEG is passionate about supporting growth businesses. We
believe our experience as an operator of capital markets
combined with support from the business and investor
community will help deliver a comprehensive service for scale
ups – helping to create a vibrant ecosystem over the longer
term.
ELITE enables companies to benefit from LSEG’s small and
mid-cap experience and extensive existing relationships with
the advisory and investor community.
Why is London Stock Exchange Group
running this initiative? Will my company
be expected to go public? Becoming part of the ELITE community gives companies direct
exposure to a range of advisers and investors, providing an
insight into how different types of investors think and evaluate
investment opportunities.
In 2017, we are launching a digital private placement platform
called ELITE Club Deal (see next page). ELITE Club Deal helps
companies raise their profiles by enabling them to showcase
their investment propositions to professional investors and
advisers on an integrated online platform. Companies will be
able to secure investment from a range of professional investors
and through a variety of financial instruments including equity,
debt and convertibles within a streamlined and simplified private
placement process.
How can ELITE help my company to raise
profile and secure investment?
From April 2015 every member will have access to the entire
ELITE community across the European jurisdictions. You’ll be
able to connect directly via the web platform. From time to time,
we may look to bring the different programme cohorts (UK, Italy,
International) together.
How are the European programmes linked?
Q&A
• ELITE Club Deal aims at supporting ELITE companies financial needs bridging the gap towards the
public market
Training Business Model Growth strategies
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCING NEEDS
Elite Club Deal
Platform
Elite Certificate
(attendance)
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ELITE Club Deal
Umerah Akram
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 4707
Zarina Nasib
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 1547
Jack Hurdidge
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 3654
Marcus Stuttard
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 3364
Mark Fahy
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 6396
Claire Dorrian
Telephone +44 (0)207797 2074
ELITE Team UK Primary Markets
http://uk.elite-growth.com
Tom Attenborough
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 3747
James Clark
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 1863
Emma Titmus
Telephone +44 (0)20 7797 1464
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