Buyouts
Perfectis exits Piscines Magiline in SBO
Investors including UI Gestion and BPI France will take over Perfectis's 70% stake in the company
Silverfleet, Electra sell sausage casing maker Kalle to CD&R
CD&R bought the business for around €500m, equating to a 9-10x EBITDA multiple
TPG Growth acquires FRG from Livingbridge
Deal is understood to give the recruitment company an enterprise value of around ТЃ200m
Capidea acquires water treatment business Guldager
Buyout is brought on by succession and sees Steen Ulrik Madsen join the Danish company as CEO
Aksìa Group buys medical packaging maker Lameplast
Deal sees the founders and previous owners fully exit the pharma packaging business
Gimv acquires 40% stake in Joolz
Investment firm invests alongside the company's managing director and founder
Cinven buys Hotelbeds for €1.2bn
Backers include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the management team
Investindustrial buys Valtur for €100m
Deal includes the acquisition of additional resort facilities across Italy
Accent Equity acquires Inteno
Deal is the second carve-out in 12 months for the Swedish mid-market buyout house
AnaCap to acquire Barclays' French retail banking operations
Financial specialist buyout house continues investments in European banking groups
Abenex in partial Prosol exit, reaps 3x multiple
Sagard, Siparex, Five Arrows and Carvest secure a minority stake in the fresh products retailer
CVC acquires majority stake in Tipico
International betting group is aiming to benefit from CVC's experience in the industry
Synova invests £25m in Fairstone
Deal marks first investment for Synova's third fund, which closed on ТЃ250m at the start of the year
Priveq takes stake in digital signage maker Visual Art
Stockholm-based digital signage business is the GPтs third acquisition in April
Apax, BPI France acquire LIUF
The five institutions complete Apax's investment in Groupe INSEEC in 2013
RCapital acquires Independent Group from LDC
The business bolted on carpet cleaning company Chem-Dry under LDC's tenure
Priveq acquires audiobooks publisher ILT Inläsningstjänst
Investment was made through the Swedish small- and mid-cap GP's 2015-vintage Priveq V vehicle
NorthEdge acquires mattress maker DHS
Management buyout marks the GP's maiden investment in the healthcare market
CataCap takes majority stake in Casa
Founder Michael Mortensen completes second sale to PE after exiting HusCompagniet to Axcel
Summa acquires eGain stake from Ceder Capital
Existing investors will roll over part of their equity and remain minority shareholders
Sovereign backs Dalepak BIMBO
Buy-and-build specialist's deal comes amid a flurry of PE activity for UK logistics firms
Astorg acquires Parkeon in €450m deal, nears close on 6th fund
Astorg's sixth buyout fund is expected to close on its €2.1bn hard-cap in May
LDC backs Zyro's acquisition of Fisher
The combined Zyro-Fisher group will have a combined turnover of ТЃ70m
Norvestor exits Sortera to newcomer Summa Equity
Former Nordic Capital and Altor veterans make inaugural deal for new Nordic GP