Buyouts
Dunedin backs £34.5m MBO of Premier Hytemp
Dunedin has supported the MBO of Scottish oil and gas exploration equipment manufacturer Premier Hytemp from Murray International Holdings.
Ratos sells Contex to Procuritas for $41.5m
Ratos’s portfolio company Contex Group has signed an agreement to sell Danish Contex AS to the private equity fund Procuritas Capital Investor V LP for a total of $41.5m.
Lonsdale in MBO of funeral service provider Avalon
UK small- to mid-cap house Lonsdale Capital Partners has backed the MBO of Avalon Funeral Plans.
Alto makes 2x on Monviso SBO
PM & Partners Private Equity has acquired Italian food producer Monviso from Alto Partners.
UK mid-market most affected by recession
The mid-market has suffered more during the double dip recession than other market segments, according to figures from unquote” data.
Greensphere Capital backs Greenlight
Greenlight AD Power, a holding company behind a proposed anaerobic digestion platform, has raised £16m from Greensphere Capital, the sustainable energy-focused private equity firm chaired by Jon Moulton.
DBAG acquires Heytex Bramsche from NORD Holding
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has acquired Heytex Bramsche, a German manufacturer of print media and technical textiles, in an SBO from NORD Holding.
Nazca buys Ovelar for €28m
Spanish GP Nazca Capital has wholly acquired visual merchandising company Ovelar Merchandising for €28m.
Innova and EBRD invest in EnergoBit
Innova Capital and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have taken over Romanian electrical engineering services company (ESCo) EnergoBit.
BlackFin acquires minority stake in Groupe Cyrus
BlackFin Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in the MBO of French wealth management firm Groupe Cyrus.
UK mega-buyouts worth more than €10bn this year
In defiance of problems on the continent, the UK has seen a surge in mega-buyouts this year, topped off with the recent acquisition of Annington Homes for £3.2bn.
Blue Sea Capital acquires Dom Zdavlja Dr Ristic
Blue Sea Capital has acquired Serbian private healthcare clinic Dom Zdravlja Dr Ristic.
Highlander buys ProService AT from Enterprise Investors
Highlander Partners has acquired Polish transfer agent ProService Agent Transferowy from Skarbiec Holding, a portfolio company of Enterprise Investors.
Elbrus Capital invests in SPSR-Express
Elbrus Capital has taken a stake in Russian delivery business SPSR-Express, leading to a partial exit of the Russian Retail Growth Fund.
H2 Equity Partners supports MBO of Hancocks
H2 Equity Partners has acquired British confectionery wholesaler Hancocks Group Holdings, alongside the company's management.
Brockhaus takes over eyevis
Brockhaus Private Equity has taken over German supplier of large screen systems eyevis Gesellschaft für Projektions- und Großbildtechnik as part of a succession solution for outgoing founder and CEO Michael Schuster.
Mid-cap valuations dragged down by trade buyers
Valuations down
CBPE buys Xafinity Consulting
CBPE Capital has carved British pensions consultancy firm Xafinity Consulting out from Advent International-owned Equiniti Group.
AEA and Teachers' Private Capital buy Dematic from Triton
AEA Investors and Teachers' Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Canadian Teachers Pension Plan, have bought German logistics business Dematic in an SBO from Triton.
VTB-led consortium buys controlling stake in Vivacom
A consortium led by VTB Capital has acquired a controlling stake in Bulgarian telecoms operator Vivacom.
Miura PE backs MBO of GH Induction Group
Miura Private Equity has backed the management buyout of induction heating technology firm GH Induction Group from industrial holding company Corporación IBV.
Perusa buys Opcon division for SEK 218m
Perusa has acquired the engine efficiency division of Opcon, a Swedish energy and environmental technology group, for SEK 218m.
Quadrivio buys Suba Seeds
Italian buyout house Quadrivio has acquired a 52% stake in Suba Seeds, a distributor and manufacturer of vegetable seeds.
Rutland buys Pizza Hut
Rutland Partners has acquired the UK restaurants business of Pizza Hut UK Ltd from parent company Yum! Brands, making a £20m equity injection into the firm.