IMSG Intl.Marketing

RNS Number:5884K
International Marketing&Sales GrpLd
24 December 2007

Date:              24 December 2007
On behalf of:      International Marketing & Sales Group Limited ("IMSG" or "the
                   Group")
Embargoed:         0700 hrs

International Marketing & Sales Group Limited

*  Acquisition of Shared Value Limited
*  Acquisition of Business Ideas Provider Grup Srl

International Marketing & Sales Group Limited (AIM: IMSG), the emerging markets
focused sales & marketing company, today announces an agreement to acquire the
entire issued share capital of Shared Value Limited ("Shared Value"), the
London-based capital markets communication consultancy, for an initial
consideration of GB�2.35 million, which is being paid 80% in cash and 20% in
newly issued ordinary IMSG shares.

The balance of the purchase consideration will be paid by instalments based on
Shared Value's audited post-tax profits for the twelve months ended 31 December
2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.  The share elements of the purchase
consideration will be issued at the 30 day average mid-market price preceding
the date of issue.

IMSG also announces an agreement to acquire Business Ideas Provider Grup ("BIP
Grup Romania"), a sales and marketing outsourcing company, providing specialized
merchandising, promotion, sales and POSM distribution services.

Shared Value

Shared Value is an integrated financial public relations and investor relations
consultancy, with a well established portfolio of international corporate client
relationships.

Founded at the end of 1999 by Andrew Best and Matthew Hooper, Shared Value
provides corporate communications advice to multinational clients across the key
global financial markets. Shared Value has built a reputation as a Northern
European and Emerging Markets specialist, with a particular focus on
Scandinavia, Russia, the CIS, and Central and Eastern Europe.

The Shared Value team is based in London and is drawn from backgrounds in
investment banking, fund management, journalism, and professional services.

The company generated revenues of GB�2.9 million for the twelve months ended 31
December 2006.

Andrew Best and Matthew Hooper will continue to manage the day-to-day running of
the business following the transaction, and will report to IMSG Executive
Chairman, Gregory Thain.

IMSG's Deputy Managing Director, Lau Geckler, led the transaction and was
advised by Bevan Brittan LLP.  Shared Value was advised by DG Law, Lane Graham
and Peter Hunt & Co.

Andrew Best and Matthew Hooper, co-Managing Directors of Shared Value,
commented:

"We are delighted to be joining IMSG, which shares our focus on supporting the
development of multinational businesses.  IMSG is a high growth company with a
successful track record of expansion across a wide range of emerging markets,
and with a wealth of sales and marketing experience.  The Group's presence in a
number of key international markets, complementary service offerings, broad
customer base and contact network, will provide the platform for us to
accelerate our development and provide even greater support to our clients
across multiple territories."

BIP Grup Romania

BIP Grup Romania is a Bucharest-based company providing "above the line"
marketing, sales and on-line communication services to mainly Eastern European
clients.  The business was established in 2004 by Eugen and Ioana Saulea

IMSG will acquire the entire issued share capital of BIP Grup Romania with the
purchase consideration to be calculated and paid in a manner similar to the
Shared Value transaction. Eugen and Ioana Saulea will continue to be responsible
for the day-to-day running of the business, reporting to IMSG Executive
Chairman, Gregory Thain.

IMSG's Deputy Managing Director, Lau Geckler, led the transaction, and was
advised by Bevan Brittan LLP, together with its Romanian advisers.  BIP Grup
Romania was advised by bpv GRIGORESCU, an independent Romanian law firm.

Commenting on the latest acquisitions by the Group, Gregory Thain, Executive
Chairman of IMSG, said:

"IMSG continues to build its presence across the emerging markets, in which
growth rates remain strong.  We are building a group that addresses the wide
range of sales and marketing needs of these fast-growing economies.

"With its' strong reputation as an emerging markets specialist, and knowledge of
the markets in which we operate, Shared Value is a natural and welcome addition
to the Group.

"Romania is rapidly becoming one of the key volume markets in Central & Eastern
Europe, as well as being one of the fastest growing emerging economies. The
acquisition of BIP is another important step in IMSG's growth strategy."

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Enquiries to:

Lau Geckler
International Marketing & Sales Group Limited          Tel: + 7 495 796 6141
www.imsg.co.uk

Emma Kane / Samantha Robbins / Paul Dulieu
Redleaf Communications Ltd                             Tel: +44 (0)20 7822 0200

Andrew Best / Matthew Hooper
Shared Value  Ltd                                      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 5010
www.sharedvalue.net

Eugen Saulea
Business Ideas Provider Grup Srl
www.bipgrup.ro/en                                      Tel: +40 21 224 05 20

Mark Williams / Clayton Bush
Canaccord Adams Limited                                Tel: +44 (0)20 7050 6500





Notes to Editors



* IMSG was founded in 1996 by its Chairman and Chief Executive
  Officer, Gregory Thain.

* The Group was admitted to trading on AIM on 6 December 2005.
  The Group's NOMAD and broker is Canaccord Adams Limited.

* Since 2002, the EBITDA of the Group has grown at a rate in
  excess of 100% per annum. IMSG has been profitable since 2000.

* The Group's clients include multinational and first tier local
  companies operating in FMCG, telecommunications, retail trade, banking and
  finance, automotive, consumer electronics and pharmaceutical industries.

* IMSG currently has 30 offices in emerging markets. These offices
  are situated in: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhniy
  Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Krasnodar (Russia), Kiev
  (Ukraine),  Almaty, Astana (Kazakhstan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Istanbul
  (Turkey),  New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chenai, Kolcata, Hyderabad (India),
  Budapest (Hungary), Athens (Greece), Bucharest (Romania) and Sofia (Bulgaria.

* In July, 2007, the Group was re-organised and a new
  Jersey-incorporated parent company, International Marketing and Sales Group
  Limited, was put in place. The shares of the new parent company were admitted 
  to AIM on 19 July, 2007.

* Further information about the Group is available on its website
  at: http://www.imsg.co.uk


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