Clairfield advises Sontay Limited on a share buyback structure

Sontay Limited, is a UK market leader for the manufacture and supply of building measurement and control peripherals. Sontay offers a wide range of sensors, controllers and devices for the building, management systems market. Sontay supplies product throughout the UK and Europe and also covers the Middle East through its sales office in Dubai.

Clairfield UK have maintained a relationship with Sontay since advising on the management buyout from GE in 2004.

Clairfield UK has worked closely with the Company which has doubled in size and trebled EBITDA despite the downturn in the construction market since 2008. A number of shareholders representing about 40% of the equity holdings wished to realize their investment at this time.
Clairfield UK advised Sontay on a Company share buyback structure including the raising of bank facilities to finance the share purchase.