Buyouts
GERMANY - EQT Opportunity acquires Strauss Innovation
EQT Opportunity has signed an agreement with the shareholders of private label retail chain Strauss Innovation to acquire a majority stake in the company through a capital increase. The current majority owners, the Geringhoff family, will continue to...
CEE – Arcapita acquires Pinnacle Real Estate
Arcapita has acquired Pinnacle Real Estate, a developer and operator of logistics warehouses in Central and Eastern Europe, from Merrill Lynch for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes 230,000 square metres of leased warehouses and a land bank of nearly...
ITALY – Valentino delisting completed
It is understood that the last stage of the Valentino delisting by Permira, which is valued at EUR 1.8bn, has concluded.
US/SWEDEN - Nordic Capital in $4.1bn buyout of ConvaTec
Nordic Capital Fund VII and New York-based private equity firm Avista Capital Partners have acquired ConvaTec, a provider of wound therapeutics and ostomy care products, from Bristol-Myers Squibb for $4.1bn. The deal is expected to close in the third...
UK - RJD acquires Comtec
RJD Partners has acquired Comtec, a specialist supplier of software solutions to travel agents, for an undisclosed sum. HSBC provided senior debt for the deal.
GERMANY - Paine & Partners complete acquisition of Stabilus GmbH
Paine & Partners have completed the acquisition of gas springs manufacturer Stabilus GmbH from Montagu Private Equity. The value of the deal was not disclosed but reports indicate that it is worth more than €500m.
FRANCE – IPO invests in Maisons Socoren
IPO has invested in construction company Maisons Socoren. The investment will be used to consolidate it’s position in the market as well as continue the company’s development program.
SWEDEN - Triton makes SEK 1.5bn bid for listed Cision
Triton, through Swedish holding company Cyril Acquisition AB, has made a public offer of SEK 1.5bn for Cision, a Stockholm based PR, IR and marketing communication and consultancy business. The bid is set to SEK 20 per share, which is a 66% premium compared...
UK - ECI buys ilG Digital
ECI Partners has acquired digital communications agency ilG Digital Ltd in a deal which values the company at around £45m.
GERMANY - ARQUES acquires Carl Froh
ARQUES Industries AG has wholly acquired Carl Froh GmbH, a manufacturer of precising metal pipes, for an undisclosed amount. The company was sold by Finnish Rautaruukki Corporation, based in Helsinki.
UK - Warburg Pincus acquires Safetykleen for £565m
Warburg Pincus has acquired Safetykleen Europe, a pan-European industrial service provider, a deal worth £565m. The investor has acquired a majority stake.
IRELAND - DFJ backs Irish Broadband acquisition
DFJ Esprit portfolio company Imagine Communications Group has acquired Irish Broadband from NTR and Kilsaran Concrete in a EUR 47m deal.
CEE – MCI to buy Invia
Polish fund MCI is to acquire a majority stake in Invia, a Czech company that sells tours online. The deal is believed to be worth between KC 70-100m.
FINLAND - Nordic Capital acquires CPS Color from IK
Nordic Capital has acquired CPS Color, a Vantaa-based supplier of tinting systems, from Industri Kapital for an undisclosed sum.
FRANCE/ITALY – Investindustrial to acquire Selective Beauty
Investindustrial is to acquire a stake in perfumes and cosmetics company Selective Beauty from 3i.
SPAIN – Arques takes over courier company
Arques Iberia, the Spanish subsidiary of Arques Industries has acquired parcel delivery service, Agencia Servicios Mensajeria (ASM), for a symbolic purchase price.
CEE - Mid Europa acquires CM LIM
Mid Europa Partners has acquired Polish private health care provider Centrum Medyczne LIM (CM LIM) from the founding investor group. The transaction is expected to close this summer. In October 2007, Mid Europa bought two other Polish companies in the...
NORWAY - HitecVision invests $120m in Spring Energy
HitecVision V has invested $120m in Spring Energy Norway AS, an Oslo-based early-stage oil and gas company.
NETHERLANDS – NIBC acquires Busker Hei
NIBC Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in sheet pile manufacturer Busker Hei. The founders hold the balance of the shares and Rabobank provided the debt for the transaction.
CEE - Mid Europa acquires CM LIM
Mid Europa has wholly acquired Polish healthcare provider Centrum Medyczne LIM.
Netherlands – CVC acquires 73% of Schuitema
CVC Capital Partners is made an offer to acquire 73% of supermarket chain Schuitema from Ahold. As a result of the transaction, Ahold will obtain a 20% indirect interest in Schuitema without supervisory board representation.
NETHERLANDS – Van den Ende & Deitmers takes 30% of Central Point
Van den Ende & Deitmers has acquired a 30% stake in Central Point, an online provider of computer products. Earlier this month the private equity house invested in social networking site Hyves, described as the Dutch “facebook."
RUSSIA – Aurora Russia acquires Volzhski Universalny Bank
Aurora Russia has wholly acquired Russian Volzhski Universalny Bank (VUB) through its Cypriot holding Flexinvest. Of the £6.36m invested in Flexinvest, £4.52m was used to purchase VUB, the £1.87m balance was invested in the bank to cover post-acquisition...
UK - Acorn backs two mechanical services companies
Acorn Capital Partners has backed the buyout of Thermotech and TAC Mechanical Services, a provider of fire protection systems maintenance and a provider of air conditioning systems maintenance repectively.