Buyouts
Ardian completes tertiary buyout of d&b Audiotechnik
German audio equipment company finds a fourth private equity owner in Ardian
Adelis acquires energy efficiency business Nordomatic
The buyout from existing owner Sobro was made through the GP’s Adelis Equity Partners Fund I
Trilantic Europe invests €66m in Fondazione Maugeri
Trilantic Europe plans to increase its investment in the business to €100m by 2017
Motion Equity Partners buys Altaïr Group
Azulis Capital and Gimv exit after five-year ownership of cleaning products maker
Seafort acquires Avedo from Auctus
Seafort buys majority stake in Avedo, while Onics reduces its stake and Auctus fully exits
Carlyle Group acquires Spain's Digitex in SBO
Deal marks an exit for Altra Investment after a five-year holding period
Stirling Square in SBO of Mettis from Saints Chamonix
Stirling's acquisition comes a decade after Chamonix carved out Mettis from its 3i-owned parent
Astorg kickstarts sixth fund with HRA Pharma SBO
Vehicle "likely" to close on €2bn hard-cap before year-end, according to unquote" source
Alcedo backs €11m MBO for Exa Group
Deal marks first transaction for Alcedo IV, which is targeting a final close in March 2016
LDC buys CitySprint for £175m
Dunedin has supported 21 bolt-on acquisitions for CitySprint over the past five years
Alpha in €400m deal for Qualium’s Cofidim
GP drew equity from its €700m sixth fund in a deal reported to value asset at €400m
Deal in Focus: Endless acquires struggling Brabant Alucast
An in-depth look at the first Benelux deal for turnaround specialist Endless
Nordian Capital takes majority stake in BouWatch
Dutch private equity firm splits off security equipment provider from local parent
Gradiente acquires 40% of Dierre Macap Group
Company plans to acquire competitors in the European market following capital injection
Hat Holding acquires Italian chair producer Luxy for €5m
Italian GPs Opera and Quadrivio exit the business after five-year investment
Ardian backs Gantner MBO
French investor Ardian acquires Austrian electronic hardware company Gantner from Identec Group
Eurazeo PME in €100m Orolia take-private
Deal sees minority owner Isatis reap 2-3x return upon exit, according to unquote” sources
TowerBrook in talks to recoup InfoPro
Takeover comes 14 years afte GP helped launch the B2B publishing house
Intera Partners buys scaffolding business Telinekymppi
Finnish firm drew capital from its 2010-vintage buyout vehicle Intera Fund II
Accent acquires Brand Factory for Ineko merger
Both companies’ management will retain minority shareholdings in the company post-merger
Ratos acquires Airteam in DKK 575m MBO
Management, founders and key employees will retain a 30% stake in the ventilation company post-buyout
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Ixo and BPI France in Neotec OBO
Both investors will control a minority stake in the business alongside the CEO and majority owner
Deal in focus: Polaris completes first software buyout with Configit deal
An in-depth look at how Polaris managed to win Configit despite not being the highest bidder