Exits
Cobepa sells CDH Développement to trade in €81.3m deal
Belgian GP ends 14-year ownership of blue limestone quarry owner and operator CDH
Westbridge exits LinkFresh
Westbridge SME Fund portfolio company LinkFresh has been sold to a US-based trade buyer
Arx buys TES Vsetin from Advent
Existing management team will lead the company's future growth and development
Thoma Bravo acquires Sophos in $3.9bn deal
Apax Partners, which holds a 10.15% stake in the cybersecurity firm, will sell its holding
Ergon and BPI France exit Looping
France-based amusement parks operator Looping Group completed four bolt-ons since 2017
KKR-backed SoftwareOne announces CHF 16.5-21 price range
Price range implies an offer size of CHF 636-810m and a market cap of CHF 2.5-3.2bn
Orienta buys Virosac from Alto Partners
Virosac CEO Casagrande continues to lead the business and is joined by Orienta's Gardini as chair
Ardian buys Saal Digital
Nordwind and the Saal family have both re-invested to retain a substantial stake in the business
CM-CIC sells Fouchard to trade
CM-CIC Investissement sells air conditioning specialist Fouchard to corpate Fayat group
Aurelius sells Scandinavian Cosmetics Group to Accent
Accent is currently investing from Accent Equity 2017, which deploys €10-25m in equity
Bridgepoint to back Vermaat Groep SBO
GP will buy Vermaat, a catering and hospitality specialist, from Partners Group
LDC exits FCBI to Thomson Reuters
LDC backed the business events operator that will now become a part of Reuters News
PE-backed Verallia floats with €3.2bn market cap
Verallia, having set a €26.50-29.50 indicative range, has listed at €27 per share
Litorina buys NN07 from Fidelio
Litorina draws capital from its fifth buyout fund, which closed on its SEK 3bn target in August
Bregal Unternehmerkapital sells Gabo to trade for $310m
Upon completion, Gabo will become part of Aptiv’s signal and power division HellermannTyton
LDC acquires ELE from Albion and Maven
Albion and Maven valued their stakes in ELE at more than 4x and 5x original cost, respectively
Keensight backs Geodesial SBO
GP will foster international expansion of France-based design software developer Geodesial
KKR-backed SoftwareOne to float
SoftwareOne is expected to float on the Six Swiss Exchange in the first quarter of 2019
KKR's Pillarstone sells 50% stake in Manucor to trade
Manucor and Biaxplen expect to expand their market presence and further develop their R&D capabilities
Stirling reaps 3x on Siblu Villages sale to Naxicap
Holiday park operator Siblu's EBITDA increased from €20m at entry to €39m at exit
B & Capital backs Steliau Technology SBO
Deal values electronic components specialist Steliau Technology in the €50-75m range
Artá Capital buys majority stake in Preving from Corpfin
GP deploys capital from its second fund, which held a final close on €400m in February 2018
Afinum sells Avantgarde to EMH
EMH will acquire a majority stake in the business by acquiring shares from Afinum and management
EQT Credit moves in to take over Charterhouse's Bartec
EQT Credit II and EQT Credit Opportunities III have notified the Austrian regulator
