Exits
UK - Hotbed exit from nursing home company generates 31% IRR
Hotbed has achieved an IRR of 31% from an exit from nursing home group Mimosa Healthcare Holdings Ltd. Hotbed has sold its 25% stake in the company, which it acquired in 2005 following a £5.15m investment in two tranches, back to the company and its...
UK - Barclays Ventures refinances Original Additions
Barclays Ventures has refinanced branded beauty products business Original Additions via a £13m debt package from RBS. The refinance which has repaid all of Barclays Ventures' original funding has also delivered a 31% IRR for the institution. Barclays...
FRANCE - Spef LBO sells Colorant Chromatix
Spef LBO has generated highly satisfactory returns from the sale of colour and additives supplier Colorant Chromatix to trade buyer ColorMatix.
UK - Duke Street refinances Accantia with £120m package
Duke Street Capital has completed the refinancing of portfolio company Accantia Health & Beauty Ltd in a package worth up to £120m. The recapitalisation of the company behind the Simple skincare brand comes just four months after DSC sold Lil-lets, the...
UK - LDC reaps 78% IRR from PJH Group exit
LDC has exited kitchen and bathroom distributor PJH Group through a sale of the business to Globe Union, a Taiwanese-listed designer, manufacturer and supplier of kitchen and bathroom products. The deal has returned 2.8x LDC's investment equivalent to...
GERMANY– Odewald and Bain sell 2D to Quadriga
Following a three year holding period, Odewald and Bain Capital have sold their investment in German decorative papers printer 2D Holding to Quadriga Capital. 2D is a global printing and treating specialist for decorative paper for flooring and furniture...
ITALY - BS Private Equity sells nursing home group
BS Private Equity has sold all its shares in nursing home group Segesta alongside the company's founder and CEO. The buyer is French mental healthcare provider Korian.
CEE – Innova sells Polcard
Central and East European investor Innova Capital has sold its remaining stake in Polish banking card company Polcard in a EUR 243m sale to First Data International, an e-commerce provider. Innova held a 25.24% stake in the company, strategic co-investor...
UK - NBGI realises 4.3x on exit to Duke Street portfolio company
Duke Street Capital portfolio company Food Partners, a supplier of pre-packed sandwiches has acquired Brambles Foods, another sandwich producer in a £22m buyout from NBGI. The deal has realised a return of 4.3x the original cost of NBGI's investment...
UK - Sovereign makes 260% IRR on Claims Management exit
Sovereign Capital has reaped a 3.3x equivalent to an IRR of 260% on its exit from CMGL Group Ltd. The specialist provider of outsourced claims and insurance management services company has been acquired by The Capita Group Plc for £32m.
SPAIN - Nazca makes 53% IRR with sale of tapas chain
Nazca Capital has sold its entire stake in tapas restaurant business Lizarrán Tapas Selectas from Nazca Capital for EUR 22m. The sale has brought an IRR of 53% and a money multiple of 2.3x on the initial investment to the private equity firm. The buyer...
FRANCE - Industri Kapital to sell Ceva Santé Animale
Unquote News can reveal that Ceva Santé Animale is set go on sale. The information was provided by a source close to the deal.
UK - Baird generates 2.2x on exit from Specialist Heat Exchangers
Baird Capital Partners Europe has generated 2.2x its money on its exit from Specialist Heat Exchangers Ltd (SHE). The designer and manufacturer of cooling systems for the automotive and industrial sectors has been acquired for £9m by Dynamic Technologies...
SPAIN - 3i exits electronic systems business for EUR 33m
After a holding period of eight years, 3i has divested the 33% stake it had in Ikusi, a company active in the design, introduction and management of electronic systems. The exit value is EUR 33m and the buyer is the private equity arm of Corporación...
NORWAY - emgs IPO at NOK 135 per share
ElectroMagnetic GeoServices (emgs) has priced its IPO at NOK 135 per share, and will start to trade today. The price is at the top of the revised price range of NOK 125-135 per share. There has been strong interest in the market, resulting in the offering...
GERMANY - HgCapital exits Hirschmann Car Communication
HgCapital has sold European automotive supplier Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH to its management for an undisclosed amount.
UK - Just Retirement share sale nets £82.6m for Langholm
Langholm Capital has sold an additional 30 million shares in UK life assurance group Just Retirement, netting the investor £82.6m The 275p price per share represents a significant premium on the initial placement of shares at 148p in November last year.
GERMANY - VITA 34 International floats on Prime Standard
SHS portfolio company Vita 34 has listed 600,000 new shares on the Prime Standard at an issue price of EUR 15 per share. Concord Effekten AG acted as the sole global coordinator with N M Fleischhacker AG being the underwriter.
SPAIN - Nazca to complete sale of tapas chain this week
Press reports suggest that private equity firm Nazca is to complete the sale Lizarrán Tapas Selectas, its tapas restaurant business, to sector player Comess Group this week, for approximately EUR 20m.
NORWAY - Algeta raises NOK 250m in IPO
Algeta, Norwegian Cancer therepeutics successfully closed its IPO at a gross proceeds (before over-allotment) of NOK 250m. The offering was more than twice over-subscribed and was priced in the upper half of NOK 47 per share. The offering took place in...
GERMANY - Neuhaus Partners exits Gentleware
Neuhaus Partners GmbH has sold Gentleware AG to software house b+m Informatik AG. The transaction value has not been disclosed, but company founder Dr Marko Boger remains invested with a 25% stake.
SWEDEN - Industry Capital sells Prevesta to Block Watne Group for SEK 1.9bn
Block Watne Group (BWG), one of Norway’s leading housebuilders and listed on Oslo Børs, has entered into an agreement with Industri Kapital's 2004 Fund to buy 100 per cent of the shares in Prevesta, Sweden’s leading producer of prefabricated houses...
UK - Apax cashes in on wafer firm
Apax Partners is believed to have made a profit of £25m on the sale of Wales-based silicon wafer reclamation group Pure Wafer.
UK – Apax and Permira seek New Look suitor
Apax Partners and Permira are reportedly expecting up to £2bn for the sale of portfolio company New Look, a UK fashion retailer. The private equity backers have mandated Merrill Lynch to explore options for the company, which they jointly hold two thirds...