The Buyout Track 100 best deal award, sponsored by Lloyds Bank, was presented by Ian Brown, head of acquisition finance, to Chris Gowland of Aesica Pharmaceuticals as well as Adrian Yurkwich and David MacKenzie from its backer Silverfleet Capital. Aesica grew profits in the last two years by an average of 28% a year to £16.1m in 2010. Silverfleet bought LDC's majority interest in October 2011 for an undisclosed sum.

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