Bain Capital Europe
Altor and Bain sell Ewos for €1.35bn
Exit comes two years after €823m buyout
Bain-backed Brakes in exclusive talks to acquire Nestlé's Davigel
Reports place the company’s value between €200-300m.
Charterhouse buys Skillsoft in SBO
Sale reportedly valued at more than $2bn
Permira casts its net for Ewos
Permira has joined Bain Capital and Altor in the bidding war for Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq’s fish feed division Ewos.
PAI partners sells FTE Automotive to Bain, reaps 3.3x overall return for fund III
PAI partners has agreed to sell its 90% stake in German hydraulic clutch and brakes provider FTE Automotive to Bain Capital in a secondary buyout.
Bain Capital sells FCI division for €765m
Bain Capital Europe has sold the motorised vehicles division of FCI, an automotive and electronics connector company, to NYSE-listed Delphi for €765m on a cash and debt-free basis.
Bain Capital buys Bravida in tertiary buyout
Bain Capital has bought Swedish technical installation and services solutions company Bravida from Triton Partners in a tertiary buyout.
Thai firm to bid for Birds Eye
Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) is to submit a £2.5bn bid for Permira portfolio company Birds Eye, according to reports.
PE firms circle Birds Eye Iglo
A number of private equity houses have submitted first-round offers for Permira-backed Birds Eye Iglo, according to reports.
PE firms in 2nd round for Triton's Bravida
Four private equity firms have entered a second round of bids for Triton portfolio company Bravida, reports suggest.
PE houses lose out on Iceland auction
CEO Malcolm Walker has entered into exclusive talks to buy the remainder of UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods, in a deal that values the business at £1.55bn.
Mega-buyouts fail to recover in 2011
This week, KKR announced what is likely to be one of the last large-cap deals of the year with its $1.12bn secondary buyout of Capital Safety Group (CSG). But how has 2011 as a whole stacked up in the mega-buyout arena? John Bakie investigates
Iceland Foods auction delayed
TPG, Bain, Blackstone and BC Partners have reportedly submitted first-round bids for frozen food retailer Iceland Foods - but the auction is being delayed, according to media reports.
Astorg buys Microconnections from Bain's FCI
Astorg Partners has acquired Microconnections from French connectors manufacturer FCI, a portfolio company of Bain Capital.
Astorg leads FCI unit auction
French mid-cap firm Astorg Partners has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire FCI's microconnections division from Bain Capital, according to sources close to the transaction.
Micro Focus drops sale talks
UK software firm Micro Focus has dropped sale talks due to difficult market conditions.
Bain seeking final bids for FCI
Bain Capital is today expecting final bids for portfolio company FCI, which could fetch up to $1bn.
PE firms bid on Oberthur partial sale
Buyout houses including PAI partners, Advent International, Bain Capital and One Equity are believed to have made offers for part of French secure technologies specialist Oberthur.
PE firms team up for Spie auction
Axa Private Equity and Clayton Dubilier & Rice will make a joint bid for PAI's engineering company Spie, according to media reports.
Bain linked to Micro Focus bid
Bain Capital is poised to make a bid for UK-based IT provider Micro Focus, in a deal that could be worth up to £900m, according to reports.