Buyouts
Bowmark sells Care Fertility to Silverfleet
Earlier reports suggested the fertility clinic group could attract bids of around 8x its £11m EBITDA
Alpha acquires ceramics specialist Laminam
GP invests via its Alpha Private Equity Fund 7, which held a final close on €903m in June 2017
PAI to buy Elior's Areas in €1.54bn deal
Proceeds of the Areas division sale will be used to reduce Elior's leverage ratio
KKR to acquire Gunnebo Industrier from Segulah
Segulah owns an 87% stake in Industrier since carving it out from Gunnebo in 2008
Innova buys Chemes from Abris
Sale ends a three-and-a-half-year holding period for Abris, which invested from its second fund
Mutares to buy TrefilUnion from ArcelorMittal
Carve-out transaction sees special situation investor Mutares buy France-based TrefilUnion
Orlando carves our Nidec’s compressor business
Orlando drew capital from the €320m vehicle European Special Situations Venture Partners IV
Alto Partners buys OFI
Italian GP Alto Partners buys a majority stake in dermo-cosmetic business via its fourth fund
Sparring, Socadif buy Cesa-cap in SBO
Management team retains a minority stake in electrical engineering company Cesa-cap
Wagram acquires Creamy Creation
Creamy Creation will retain its management team but Wagram will bring in a managing director
Apicap backs T&T Consulting MBO
Founder and CEO Christophe Janin retains a majority of the engineering and consulting firm
Hannover Finanz acquires stake in Lacon Electronic
Hannover Finanz targets medium-sized enterprises with annual sales of at least €20m
Espira acquires Icon
Icon was acquired from the joint administrators of former energy broker Utilitywise
Credo Partners acquires MMC First Process
Main vendor is Norwegian maritime group Hayvard, which is selling a 77% stake in the business
Vista acquires Perform to merge with Stats
Transaction will create a sport data and media group in the European and North American markets
Findos acquires stake in Fuxtec
Shareholders of Fuxtec will retain 35% and Findos will acquire a 65% stake in the company
EQT buys Dellner Couplers
GP draws capital for the transaction from its latest flagship buyout fund, EQT VIII
IK acquires BST
Since 2016, BST's annual revenues have grown from SEK 220m to almost SEK 340m in 2018
Sofina, Idia et al. back La Maison Chapoutier OBO
Sofina, backing the wine producer since 2007, becomes the second largest owner in the business
Green Arrow buys Labware
GP invests via its Green Arrow Private Equity Fund III, which closed on €230.6m in September 2018
M80 buys Theuma
M80 backs Theuma, a doors and frames specialist, investing for the first time in Belgium
GED Capital buys aircraft interior specialist Aire
GP invests via its new fund GED VI España, which held a €100m first close at the end of March
Nordic buys Signicat
Viking Venture and the company's management team will both retain a minority stake
Carlyle sells Grupo Palacios to MCH, Ardian
LGT European Capital contributes to the equity and mezzanine tranches of the deal