Exits
Endless placed Amdega in administration
Endless-backed conservatory and greenhouse company Amdega has gone into administration, the turnaround specialist has confirmed.
Emerald sells inge watertechnologies
Venture capital firm Emerald Technology Ventures has sold water treatment provider inge watertechnologies to chemical company BASF for an undisclosed amount.
Silverfleet Capital sells EDP
Silverfleet Capital has exited dental service provider European Dental Partners Holding to Sweden-based industrial group Lifco Dental International AB for €170m.
EQT lining up SEK 20bn sale of Securitas Direct
EQT is preparing to sell Swedish burglar alarm company Securitas Direct, according to reports.
HIG acquires walter services
HIG Europe and Anchorage Capital have acquired telecommunication service provider walter services from Odewald & Compagnie, Gilde Buy Out Partners and Capiton AG for an undisclosed amount.
Bridgepoint secures loans to extend debt of Dorna Sports
Bridgepoint has secured €420m of loans to extend the debt of Spanish Dorna Sports SL, a motorcycle sports business that promotes and manages MotoGP (the Motorcycle Road Racing World Championship), say media reports.
AXA PE mulling Skyrock sale
AXA Private Equity is currently weighing its options to divest its 70% stake in French radio station Skyrock.
BC sells Turkish groceries for $515m
BC Partners has successfully offloaded a 17.4% stake in Turkish supermarket chain Migros Ticaret for $515m.
Banks take over Relacom from Altor
Altorтs portfolio company Relacom has been taken over by the banks after the investor agreed to sell its shares.
KBC sells Novaservis for 25%+ IRR
KBC Private Equity has sold Czech bathroom fittings maker Novaservis a.s. in a €48m trade sale to Polish business Ferro.
DBAG sells Preh
Private equity firm Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has sold automotive supplier Preh to US supplier Joyson Automotive Electronic Holding.
Carlyle looking to float Moncler
Carlyle's portfolio company Moncler has applied for a listing on the Italian Stock Exchange.
Atitlan sells Verdifresh stake
Atitlan Capital has sold its 50% stake in Citrus Levante, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spanish company Verdifresh to the firm's managing director.
Activa buys Abrisud from AtriA
Activa Capital has acquired Abrisud, a French manufacturer of swimming pool enclosures, from AtriA Capital Partenaires.
Clessidra eyes Metroweb buyout
Buyout firm Clessidra is one of several investors in talks to buy Milan-based fibre-optic network operator Metroweb from Stirling Square Capital Partners.
Trilantic and MCH prepare Talgo IPO
Trilantic Capital Partners and MCH Private Equity are preparing to float the Tren Articulado Ligero Goicoechea Oriol (TALGO), a train manufacturer they acquired in 2006.
Finatem exits Derby Cycle in IPO
German mid-market investor Finatem has listed its portfolio company Derby Cycle on the Frankfurt stock exchange on 4th February.
Carlyle acquires ADA Cosmetics
Private equity house Carlyle Group has acquired a majority stake in German provider of hotel cosmetics, ADA Cosmetics from Halder, in a secondary buyout for an undisclosed amount. The investment was made from Carlyle's European growth capital fund CETP...
Name that firm: three exits in three months
There are very few outfits not in fundraising mode that achieve a hat-trick of exits in as many months. But that is precisely what Investec Growth & Acquisition finance did between December and February.
EQT-backed Skykon bankrupt
EQT has had to write off its investment in Danish portfolio company Skykon A/S after it filed for bankruptcy in late 2010.
Stirling Square exits Microtecnica via trade sale
Pan-European private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company Microtecnica to security systems supplier Goodrich Corporation.
Carlyle circling Gores-owned Sagem
Carlyle is in talks with The Gores Group to acquire Sagem Communications, a French manufacturer of network equipment and television set-top boxes, according to media reports.
Ratos refinances Anticimex
Ratos has completed a SEK 476m refinancing round of cleaning and sanitation service provider Anticimex.
Barclays PE and LBO France exit Converteam in $3.2bn trade sale
Barclays Private Equity and LBO France have sold 90% of French power conversion and engineering company Converteam to General Electrics for $3.2bn - around 13x EBITDA.