Buyouts
UK - Finance Wales supports Silvergate Plastics buyout
Finance Wales has supported the buyout of masterbatch for the plastics industry manufacturer Silvergate Plastics with ТЃ1.2m.
UK - Synova backs buyout of The Lunan Group
Synova Capital has backed the buyout of The Lunan Group, the owner of handbag and accessories brands Fiorelli and Modalu. Synova invested alongside the group's CEO Stuart Lunan.
UK - TV3 to acquire Channel 6
Doughty Hanson-backed TV3, an Irish commercial TV channel, is to acquire Irish TV Channel 6.
UK - ISIS leads buyout of TVC
ISIS Equity Partners has led the buyout of broadcast and digital PR agency The Television Consultancy (TVC) in a ТЃ10m deal.
CEE - Marfin acquires 50% stake in Croatian tourism group
Marfin Investment Group (MIG) has bought a 50% stake in Croatian tourism group Sunce Koncen as part of its expansion plans. The deal was valued at EUR 90m.
PORTUGAL - Explorer acquires recycling business
Explorer investments has wholly acquired metal recycling firm, Constantino Fernandes Oliveira & Filhos (CFO). The deal was carried out though Fundo Explorer II.
ITALY - DeA Capital acquires First Atlantic Real Estate for EUR 71.5m
DeA Capital, a private equity firm majority owned by De Agostini, has acquired investment group First Atlantic Real Estate (FARE) in a deal valued at EUR 71.5m.
BELGIUM - N+1 acquires Access from CapMan
CapMan has sold its remaining stake in Access Capital Partners to N+1 Group and managing partners of the firm.
UK - LDC reaps 92% IRR from £73m sale of ATP
LDC has wholly exited its stake in travel management group ATP International Group in a ТЃ73m secondary buyout led by Barclays Private Equity, generating returns of 2.8x the capital invested and an IRR of 92.3%.
FRANCE - Astorg Partners acquires Photonis from AXA Private Equity
Astorg Partners has signed an agreement with AXA Private Equity to acquire a majority stake in IT company Photonis.
SPAIN - N+1 completes EUR 160m MBA acquisition
N+1 has acquired medical prosthetics supplier MBA Incorporando in a management buyout deal valued at EUR 160m.
UK - RCapital acquires the Art Group
RCapital has acquired The Art Group, a developer of systems that allow art gallery visitors to purchase prints via the internet, in a secondary buyout from ISIS Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum.
PORTUGAL - Inter-Risco completes EUR 20m Frissul acquisition
Inter-Risco has announced the acquisition of logistics business Frissul Group in a deal valued at approximately EUR 20m. The deal was carried out through the newco, Cold Land SGPS SA, in which Inter-Risco holds an 80% stake and InovCapital the remaining...
SWEDEN - Valedo acquires BTI
Valedo Partners Fund I AB has acquired Broadcast Text International (BTI), a subtitling company, from ProSiebenSat.1 for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Hellman & Friedman to take SSP Holdings private
Hellman & Friedman and IT systems provider SSP Holdings Plc have signed an agreement to take the company private in a deal that values the company at approximately ТЃ198m, based on an offer price of 190 pence per share.
FRANCE - Partners buyout Partech International
Partech has announced the management buyout of its European subsidiary Partech International Partners. The deal was led by managing partners Philippe Collombel and Jean-Marc Patouillaud, and was supported by the firms investors, including CIC, 123Venture,...
UK - Phoenix acquires Expotel and NIS
Phoenix Equity Partners has completed the duel acquisitions of hotel booking agencies Expotel Hotel Reservations and NIS Europe for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY - AURELIUS acquires Berentzen Group
Industrial holding AURELIUS has acquired 75.1% of beverage company Berentzen-Gruppe AG from the family owners, and will make a mandatory takeover offer for the remaining shares.
DENMARK/UK – Lion Capital acquires FoodVest from CapVest
Lion Capital has agreed to acquire FoodVest Group, a frozen food manufacturer, from funds advised by CapVest Limited for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY - NORD Holding backs MBO of Schoeller-Electronics GmbH
NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has acquired the Wetter plant from the Ruwel Group as part of an MBO, for an undisclosed amount. Going forward the plant will once again operate under the name used at the end of the 90s; ‘Schoeller-Electronics...
UK - AFM backs buyout of Merseyside Metalworks
Alliance Fund Managers (AFM), through the MSIF Mezzanine Fund, has provided a ТЃ300,000 mezzanine loan to support the buyout of Merseyside Metalworks Ltd, a manufacturer and installer of specialist ductwork.
CEE - EK Fin acquires 34% of Papcel
EK Mittelstandsfinanzierungs AG (EK Fin) has acquired 34% of Czech mechanical engineering company Papcel for an undisclosed amount. The CEO and son of the owning family retains the balance of the shares.
SWITZERLAND - Capvis to acquire KVT from Kloeckner for EUR 325m
Capvis has agreed to acquire industrial supplier Koenig Verbindungstechnik from steel and metals distributor Kloeckner & Co for EUR 325m.
FRANCE - Distressed Belvédère a private equity target?
According to reports an undisclosed company and private equity buyout house are in talks regarding a debt for equity swap in Belvédère, an alcoholic drinks manufacturer.