Buyouts
Elliott Advisors acquires Waterstones
Deal reportedly values the UK book retailer in the region of ТЃ250-300m and will complete in May
Naxicap buys Groupe ABF in SBO
Naxicap buys a majority stake in the buildings insulation service from Ixo Private Equity
Riverside acquires Netwatch and NMC to create new group
Investment sees the creation of a CCTV monitoring company with a US and European presence
NorthEdge acquires Prohire in MBO
GP secures a majority stake in the Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered fleet management company
Livingbridge invests in Disguise MBO
Live events visual software company will invest in international expansion and product development
Sentica, Tesi back SuperPark
With the fresh capital, SuperPark will have the resources to grow and open new parks globally
Ouest Croissance, Adaxtra back Avignon Ceramic
GPs invest €3.9m in the French technical ceramic parts and cores manufacturer
IK buys Bahr Modultechnik
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap II, a €550m fund that held a final close in February 2018
LDC acquires Precision Micro in £22.5m MBO
Deal sees the GP invest ТЃ13m in the Erdington-based photochemical etching company
Hg sells Allocate Software to Vista
Healthcare workforce management software company has expanded internationally under Hg's tenure
Inflexion acquires EHL, UKWM, creates Comparison Technologies
New multi-channel price comparison company is likely to pursue bolt-on acquisitions
Bowmark, Abry reportedly in second round for LDC's PEI Media
Initial bids for the company, submitted last month, came in at more than 10x EBITDA
Apax Partners acquires Solita from Vaaka Partners
Secondary buyout transaction ends a five-year holding period for Finnish investor Vaaka Partners
Alantra buys Unión Martín
GP deployed capital from its Alantra Fund III, which held a final close on €450m in February 2017
Gilde acquires Veco from Investcorp's SPGPrints
Micro-precision metal components manufacturing division recently acquired Dutch business Reith Laser
Alliance Entreprendre, BPI France buy Copac in SBO
GPs acquire a majority stake in the French construction equipment business
Arkéa et al. in Armor SBO
Existing backers reinvest in the French printing service, Unexo joins for the first time
Advent International in €1.91bn Zentiva carve-out
GP to buy generics business division Zentiva from French biopharmaceutical company Sanofi
IK to acquire Domia
Deal will be made via the investor's IK Small Cap I Fund, which recently held a final close
Azulis Capital buys Jordenen
GP acquires a 67% stake in the French designer and producer of promotional products
Inflexion acquires minority stake in Huws Gray
GP invested in the builders' merchant with capital drawn from its ТЃ400m partnership capital vehicle
Naxicap buys European Cargo Services in SBO
Naxicap Partners acquires French outsourced airfreight operations service ECS from Alpha
Permira acquires Exclusive Group in €1.3bn deal
Permira buys French cybersecurity and cloud distributor Exclusive Group in SBO deal
Apollo's take-private bid pre-emptively rejected by FirstGroup
Transport group's board reject an approach for the company, which has a market cap of ТЃ1.3bn