Buyouts
Initiative & Finance and Carvest acquire M&A Santé Beauté
Initiative & Finance has recently released details of the buyout of M&A Santé Beauté alongside the firm's management led by Bernard and Philippe Chevilliat. The investor provided a total of EUR 2.2m; Carvest also made an undisclosed equity investment....
HMV shares up on possible buyout rumours
According to a report in The Sunday Times, music and book retailer HMV is being lined up for an approach from a private equity firm. The speculation centres on plans by Permira to acquire the company for around ТЃ800m.
Granville Baird leads Paddock MBO
Granville Baird Capital Partners, the international mid-market private equity firm, has today invested ТЃ8.9m in Paddock Holdings Ltd, the UK market leader in the design and manufacture of high quality, multi point door locks. The funding from Granville...
Second German newspaper buyout for Veronis-Mecom Consortium
US private equity media specialist Veronis Suhler Stevenson, alongside British Mecom Plc, has acquired German Morgenpost Verlag GmbH from former shareholders Hans Barlach and Josef Depenbrock for an undisclosed sum. The deal is the consortium's second...
First investment for Perfectis II
Perfectis Private Equity has made its first investment via Perfectis II, backing the secondary buyout of SAM +. Alliance Entreprendre and Paluel-Marmont Capital, which backed the original buyout in 2003, have reinvested in the company. Its CEO, Bernard...
BPE buys Robinia from LDC
Barclays Private Equity, the pan-European mid-market private equity house, today acquired Robinia, one of the specialists in the provision of intensive support services for adults and young people with learning difficulties, in a secondary management...
Inflexion backs MBO of Viking Moorings
Inflexion Private Equity, the mid-market private equity investor, has led the £22m MBO of Viking Moorings (formerly Balmoral Marine), the market leader in the design, hire and sale of mooring systems and associated products to the North Sea offshore oil...
Barclays Ventures buys Accura from Nova
Barclays Ventures has acquired Accura Support Services from Nova Capital Management for £11.9m in a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO). Senior debt was provided by Bank of Scotland Corporate.
Riverside closes third acquisition of the year
Opening up a flow of business into the chemical and pharmaceutical industries in Europe and China, The Riverside Company has announced the purchase of ITT Richter Chemie-Technik GmbH, a leading supplier of pumps, valves, controls and related services...
ISIS acquires wine distributor
ISIS Equity Partners has taken a majority stake in Enotria Holdings Ltd, a leading distributor of wine, based in Park Royal, London.
BC Partners buys Fitness First from Cinven
European private equity firm, Cinven, today announced that it has agreed the sale of Fitness First to funds advised by BC Partners for an enterprise value of ТЃ835m. Fitness First, an investment of the EUR 4.4bn third Cinven fund, was acquired in a ТЃ404m...
Gresham invests in Jackson Lloyd
Gresham has provided a financing package of ТЃ31m for Jackson Lloyd to support its future growth. Jackson Lloyd is a fast growing provider of maintenance services to local authorities and housing associations in the North West with its head office based...
Bowmarks seals two deals in school travel sector
Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity investment firm, has announced the completion of two new investments in the school travel sector.
Close acquires pharmaceutical firm for £22m
Close Brothers Private Equity has backed the ТЃ22m management buyout of IDIS, a market leading importer and distributor of unlicensed pharmaceuticals, on a named patient basis, into the UK and continental European markets.
AXA buys Sotralu
Following the departure of one of the two shareholders of Sotralu, the French leader in fittings for aluminium and PVC doors and windows, the company has chosen AXA Private Equity as its new financial partner.
Activa buys French organic wholesaler
Paris-based Activa Capital has acquired France's largest organic fruit and vegetable wholesaler. Pro Natura was founded in 1987 by its current CEO, Henri de Pazzis, and is France’s leading wholesaler of organic fruit and vegetables and the second largest...
CVC to buy Mister Minit
CVC Capital Partners today announces the intention to sign an agreement to acquire Mister Minit, the world's largest shoe repair and key cutting services chain from UBS Capital for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is being financed by funds managed...
BA Capital acquires GCE from Triton
BA Capital Partners Europe (BACPE), the European private equity arm of Bank of America, has today announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition, through a BACPE controlled entity, of a majority of the shares in GCE Holding AB, the parent company...
HgCapital invests in Irish wind farm
HgCapital has invested in Sorne Wind Ltd, which has developed and is constructing the 32MW Sorne Hill wind farm in County Donegal, Ireland. It is HgCapital's second wind farm investment in less than a year, following its acquisition of the Tir Mostyn...
Graphite Capital sells Jane Norman for £117.4m
Graphite Capital, the UK mid-market private equity specialist, has sold its majority shareholding in Jane Norman to an Icelandic investor group comprising Kaupthing Bank and Baugur Group. The deal values the UK womenтs fashion retailer at ТЃ117.4m.
ABN AMRO makes Spanish acquisition
ABN AMRO Capital has completed its first acquisition in Spain this year with a management buyoutof Spanish plumbing materials manufacturer, Nueva Terrain.Vitoria-based Nueva Terrain is a leading manufacturer of tubes and accessories for residentialplumbing,...
Cinven and BC Partners complete Amadeus buyout
Cinven and BC Partners have announced the completion of the EUR 4.34bn acquisition of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, S.A. following a successful tender offer for the shares in Amadeus listed on the Madrid, Paris and Frankfurt stock exchanges. The...