Corporate and Commercial Update June 2010

• the buyer on the acquisition of a majority stake in a 30 year old group of telecommunications and IT companies based in Plymouth;

• the leasehold owners of individual chalets on the purchase of the freehold of the site from their previous landlord;

• an oil exploration group on its restructuring and on an employee share scheme;

• a group of individual investors on the acquisition of an engineering company in the Midlands from its German parent company;

• a Cornish manufacturer on a global licence arrangement with a Swedish brand owner;

• an asset sale and lease for a local company who were selling off part of their hotel business to a national chain; and

• a share sale for a successful local photography business.