Buyouts
NL - HgCapital acquires Fabory for EUR 345m
HgCapital has acquired Fabory (formerly Borstlap Group), a distributor of industrial fastners, from AAC Capital Partners (formerly ABN AMRO Capital) in a deal which values the company at EUR 345m. Bank of Scotland provided a financing package to support...
UK - Pension Corporation makes play for telent Plc
Pension Corporation has made a 600p per share offer for telent, the only part of former industrial giant Marconi that remains independent. The deal represents a market capitalisation of ТЃ389m and has been recommended by telent's board. The trustees of...
GERMANY - Oaktree acquires European spirits business of Eckes & Stock
Oaktree Capital Management has acquired the European spirits business of Eckes & Stock GmbH. The acquisition completed in late July 2007. Macfarlanes provided legal advice to Oaktree.
FRANCE - Banque de Vizille invests in Dorthz
CIC Banque de Vizille has acquired 20% of Dorthz, a newly-created group comprising building materials manufacturer Eurodorthz and retailer CFC.
US/UK - Bridgepoint sells JDR Cable Systems to Vision Capital for £90m+
Bridgepoint has sold oil services company JDR Cable Systems to Vision Capital for a consideration believed to be over ТЃ90m. Bridgepoint acquired JDR in 1998 for ТЃ36m and subsequently moved its headquarters from Aberdeen to Houston, US.
FRANCE - European Capital invested EUR 22m in Global Design Technologies
European Capital has announced it provided a EUR 22m second-lien to back the $343m acquisition of Franco-American aerospace and power generation supplier Global Design Technologies by Bridgepoint.
UK - Close Growth Capital backs SBO of Killby & Gayford from 3i
Close Brothers Growth Capital (CGC), the hybrid equity and debt finance provider, has backed the secondary buyout of specialist building contractor Killby & Gayford Group, from 3i. CGC is reported to have invested ТЃ13.35m for a significant minority equity...
UK - Risk Capital Partners acquires UK subsidiary of Borders Group
Risk Capital Partners has purchased national book retailers Borders and Books etc., UK subsidiaries of Borders Group, in a deal worth up to ТЃ20m.
SPAIN - Nazca acquires two advertising companies
Nazca Capital has acquired advertising companies Sistemas e Imagen Publicitaria, based in Barcelona, and Mundex, based in Madrid.
SPAIN - Chequers Capital leads MBO of ADP Travel Clearing
French buyout house Chequers Capital has acquired Travel Clearing de Automatic Data Processing from its parent company ADP alongside its management.
UK - Barclays Private Equity acquires Camden Corporate Fleet Services
Barclays Private Equity has backed the management buy-in/buyout of Camden Corporate Fleet Services Ltd. National Australia Bank provided debt to support the deal.
UK - Sainsbury's books open to Delta Two
Delta Two has been granted access to undertake due diligence on J Sainsbury Plc, the supermarket chain it has been courting since July. Delta Two, a vehicle backed by the Qatari Investment Authority, won over the board of Sainsburys after promising to...
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole leads MBO of Sateco
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has led the leveraged management buyout of Sateco, a producer of metal structures and safety platforms for the construction industry, in association with FPG-LFPI, Pechel and Uni Expansion Ouest (UEO).
GERMANY – Heliad acquires Jamba Service GmbH
Heliad Equity Partners, the listed-private equity investment company, has acquired a majority stake in specialist insurance broker Jamba Service GmbH.
UK - South Yorkshire Investment Fund backs acquisition of Enterprise Foods
South Yorkshire Investment Fund (SYIF) has supported the acquisition of Enterprise Foods Ltd through vehicle Maloney Ventures. SYIF provided ТЃ1m in the form of loan and equity alongside additional financial support from GE Commercial Finance.
FINLAND - HgCapital acquires Mondo Minerals
HgCapital has acquired Mondo minerals, a talc mining group, from Omya in a move to continue to expand the company. Mondo was established in 1998 as a merger of Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch talc mining companies.
ITALY - Euraleo takes 40% stake in Intercos
Euraleo has purchased a 40% stake in cosmetics producer Intercos S.p.A. from investment fund Equinox.
FRANCE - European Capital acquires minority stake in listed-hearing aids business
European Capital has acquired a 39% stake of the holding controlling Audika, a hearing aids brand listed on Euronext Paris.
UK - Hermes acquires Symington's food manufacturers
Hermes Private Equity has acquired food manufacturers Symington's from. Hermes backed management buy-in vehicle BPG Acquisitions Ltd which was led by new Symington's new CEO, David Salkeld, former CEO of Arla Foods Plc. The deal was supported by debt...
FRANCE - Argos Soditic acquires Orgasynth subsidiaries
Argos Soditic has completed the management buy-in of all of the five fine chemical and dye subsidiaries of industrial group Orgasynth.
LATVIA - Blackstone leads $575m management buyout of Lattelecom
The Blackstone Group has invested $178m (Lt 90m), as part of a $575m management buyout and privatisation of Latvian telecom company Lattelecom. The sellers are the Latvian government (51%) and TeliaSonera (49%), the Swedish telecom operator. At the completion...
FRANCE - European Capital announces Soflog-Telis deal
As exclusively reported in Unquote News on 16 July, European Capital has invested in industrial logistics business Soflog-Telis, alongside existing investor 3i.
FRANCE - CIC LBO Partners backs buyout of Emeraude
CIC LBO Partners has won a Lincoln-run auction to acquire chemical company Emeraude.
SWITZERLAND – AFINUM buys Pinova AG
AFINUM Management GmbH has wholly acquired Pinova AG from its founders for an undisclosed amount. The institution made the investment through its fund AFINUM Fünfte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG.