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Lyceum Capital hires two and promotes two 22 June 2012

Lower mid market growth investor Lyceum Capital has expanded its team to 24 with the appointments of Mark Swallow and Adam Lewis

Carewatch appoints new Chairman 14 May 2012

Carewatch, the UK’s largest independent national provider of home care and assisted living services, has appointed Steve Ashton as Chairman.

Lyceum Capital set to exit M&C; in a deal with Schneider Electric 4 May 2012

Lyceum Capital-backed M&C; Energy Group (“M&C;”), a leading global energy consultancy firm, is set to be sold to trade buyer Schneider Electric

Lyceum-backed Access unlocks further growth with fourth add-on acquisition 19 April 2012

Lyceum-backed Adapt makes £13 million eLinia acquisition 17 April 2012

Lower mid-market defies buyout market with ‘stable’ deal flow 16 April 2012

SME Private Equity is really different (letter to the FT) 10 February 2012

Lyceum portfolio firms shine in buyout track 6 February 2012

Lyceum-backed M&C; energy expands U.S footprint with consultancy acquisition 1 February 2012

Lower mid-market recovery continues at pace in 2011 10 January 2012

Lyceum promotes Wygas and Baker 7 January 2012

Lyceum Capital-backed UKDN continues to drive drainage market consolidation 12 December 2011

Lyceum awarded best UK PE house accolade 4 December 2011

Lyceum acquires Clearswift and exceeds £100m IT investment milestone 5 November 2011

Lyceum Capital-backed merger creates £50m drainage firm 26 October 2011

Lyceum-backed Compact Media Group acquires rights consultancy 26 September 2011

Synexus forges ahead 20 September 2011

Lyceum acquires Adapt in £30 million deal 10 September 2011

Strongest Q3 on record demonstrates strength of lower mid-market 5 September 2011

H1 2011 sees smaller buyouts well ahead of 2010 — but recovery far from robust 16 July 2011

Lyceum-backed Carewatch extends geographical reach with three acquisitions, taking total to 19 17 May 2011

Buyout market registers strongest quarter in two years 20 April 2011

Lyceum Capital teams up with founders and management to buy EAT. 6 March 2011

Access UK secures expansion capital in £50 million deal with Lyceum 4 March 2011

Lyceum-backed M&C; Energy makes fourth acquisition in 12 months 11 January 2011

Smaller buyouts bounce back in 2010 5 January 2011

Lower mid-market investor adds Manager Squier 19 November 2010

Compact media group secures backing of Lyceum Capital & appoints Richard Green as Executive Chairman 20 October 2010

Change is in the pipeline for drainage firms targeting growth 11 October 2010

Synexus’ success recognised with national private equity award 3 October 2010

Lyceum-backed M&C; Energy extends global reach with dual acquisition 2 October 2010

Private equity investment in SMEs accelerates as businesses look to fund expansion plans 16 September 2010

Lyceum & Carewatch pledge support to homecare sector with £25m investment package 28 July 2010

Public or private? — plotting the right route to growth 24 July 2010

Private equity lower mid-market recovery underway 20 July 2010

Lyceum continues support for Carewatch acquisition plan 10 July 2010

Rapidly growing Synexus secures key private equity award 10 July 2010

Lloyds Banking Group select UKDN for 4 year sole supplier drainage contract 14 June 2010

£6.25m acquisition provides encore for energy specialist M&C; 4 June 2010

Private equity: a tonic to ease industry change 20 May 2010

UK mid-caps are losers in private equity regulation (Letter to the Financial Times) 21 April 2010

Lyceum-backed Carewatch continues acquisition programme 11 March 2010

Eighth acquisition in 12 months for Lyceum-backed Carewatch 17 February 2010

Lyceum Capital backs UKDN management to build specialist insurance claims manager 28 January 2010

Lyceum expands origination team 16 January 2010

Lyceum powers up with £22 million energy acquisition 15 January 2010

Third acquisition for Lyceum Capital’s Synexus 18 December 2009

Lyceum Capital boosts investment team 22 November 2009

Private equity — piecing together the fragments 18 June 2009

Npower acquires SPI Group from Lyceum Capital 27 February 2009

Lyceum Capital expands investment team 21 September 2008

Lyceum to take Carewatch private in £37 million deal 18 September 2008

Vehicle management group in the fast lane following £80 million deal 14 September 2008

Lyceum Capital Targets Legal Services with Appointment of Three Senior Advisers 22 March 2008

Lyceum Capital Closes New Fund on £255 Million 17 February 2008

Lyceum Capital’s SPI Group Makes First Acquisition to Extend Building Services Portfolio 21 November 2007

Lyceum Capital Announces Recommended Offer to Take Synexus Private 18 November 2007

Lyceum Capital Sells NBG to Connaught Plc for £91 Million 12 September 2007

Lyceum Capital sells Asquith Nurseries to Dawnay, Day and Swordfish Investments for £95 million 28 June 2007

Lyceum Capital sells Coperion to Deutsche Beteiligungs AG for €300 million 21 April 2007

These buy-outs are about growth, not asset-stripping (Letter to the Financial Times) 18 February 2007

Lyceum Capital Backs SPI Ltd 15 December 2006

Lyceum Capital Disposes of Investment in Digica 12 December 2006

Clinovia arranges £15 million new acquisition facilities 21 July 2006