Deals
UK - West Coast Capital has three days to make rival offer for Dobbies
West Coast Capital has been given three days by the Takeover Panel to make a rival offer for Dobbies. The Scottish gardening chain is currently the subject of a ТЃ15 per share recommended bid by Tesco. The UK retailing giant owns 32% of the shares with...
UK - Enterprise Ventures completes further investment in Into Technology
Enterprise Ventures has completed a further investment in e-trading platform specialist Into Technology Holdings Ltd through its RisingStars Growth Fund. The ТЃ1.25m funding package included commitments from other existing investors North West Equity...
UK - Cambridge Angels backs ionscope with £680,000 funding round
Cambridge Angels Group has provided microscope technology company ionscope Ltd with ТЃ680,000 of funding. ionscope was formed by Imperial Innovations.
UK - Street Capital backs buyout of PCTI Solutions
Irish private equity investor Street Capital has backed the buyout of software business PCTI Solutions Ltd. PCTI is an electronic document management service provider to the UK primary healthcare sector.
UK - BOSIF participates in £925m acquisition of David Lloyd Leisure
Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance (BOSIF), together with London & Regional Properties (L&R), has provided an integrated debt and equity package to facilitate the Next Generation Clubs (NGC) ТЃ925m acquisition of David Lloyd Leisure Ltd (DLL) from Whitbread...
ITALY - Barclays Private Equity acquires catering business
Barclays Private Equity has completed the management buyout of Gemeaz Cusin Ristorazione and Scapa Italia from the Accor Group. It is understood that the sale of the two businesses is part of Accor's disposal strategy of non-core Italian assets to focus...
GERMANY – NORD Holding acquires Julius Heywinkel GmbH
Nord Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH has acquired the Julius Heywinkel Group from the Wilhelm Karmann Corporation for an undisclosed sum. The management also invested and will retain a minority stake in the company.
GERMANY – AUCTUS acquires electronics GmbH
AUCTUS Management GmbH has acquired a majority stake in German electronic manufacturing services electronics GmbH. The transaction value has not been disclosed.
UK - Duke Street Capital completes delisting of CI Traders
Duke Street Capital and Europa Capital, the European real estate fund manager, have completed the acquisition of CI Traders through Sandpiper, a newly incorporated Jersey-based company. Based on the offer price of 100p per share in cash, CI Traders has...
UK - BPE exits Direct Group through £40m sale to LDC
Barclays Private Equity has sold Direct Group, a provider of corporate and affinity services to the insurance sector, to LDC for ТЃ40m. Direct Group provides a range of services to insurers and corporate partners, including policy administration and fulfilment,...
UK - Rutland to acquire Pulse Home Products for £51.5m
Rutland Partners is to acquire Pulse Home Products Ltd and the business of certain other domestic appliance brands from Alba Plc for ТЃ51.5m. The transaction is conditional, inter alia, on the approval of Alba shareholders at an EGM. Rutland is investing...
UK - BOSIF backs £410m SBO of Apollo from LDC
Bank of Scotland Corporate has backed the ТЃ410m secondary management buyout of property services company Apollo from LDC. Bank of Scotland provided an integrated debt and equity package to support the incumbent management team, which along with key employees,...
UK - FF&P takes majority stake in furnishings business Oka
Fleming Family & Partners Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in upmarket furnishings business Oka. The deal has enabled the founders of the Oxfordshire-based retailer to realise some value.
UK - Penta Capital exits Out of Town Restaurants
Penta Capital has sold Out of Town Restaurant Group (OTRG) to its former owner. The deal is reported to be worth less than ТЃ5m. Lawrence Wosskow founded OTRG in 1998 and has now re-acquired it.
UK - Graphite Capital backs £22m buyout of Third Space
Graphite Capital has backed the management buyout of a premier London health and fitness club, The Third Space Group, for ТЃ22m. Founded in June 2001, the Soho-based gym and health centre now has close to 4,300 members. Its facilities include a medical...
SWITZERLAND - BC Partners exits Hirslanden hospitals in $2.36bn deal
BC Partners is reported to have agreed the sale of its Swiss hospitals business Hirslanden. It is understood that South African company Medi-Clinic will acquire Hirslanden in a $2.36bn deal. BC Partners has held the company since December 2002, when it...
GREECE - Global Finance exits ice cream chain
Buyout house Global Finance has sold ice cream chain Dodoni to NBGI Private Equity. The divestment by Global Finance was the first ever secondary buyout to take place in Greece.
ITALY - Alto Partners acquire minority stake in Rancilio
Alto Capital II acquired a 16.67% stake of Rancilio from its founders.
FRANCE - Apax still involved in GFI tug-of-war
Apax Partners has increased its shareholding in Euronext-listed computer services company GFI Informatique from 9% to 14.4%. An offer for the entire share capital of the business was made by Japanese IT and communications company Fujitsu in May and remains...
UK - Phoenix bags sailing clothes maker Musto
Phoenix Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Musto, the specialist clothes business which caters for the sailing, equestrian, shooting and fishing communities. The deal values Musto at ТЃ40m. Musto has also developed a range of casual clothing...
UK - Foresight exits Oasis Healthcare via sale of shares to Duke Street Capital
Duke Street Capital has acquired ТЃ8m worth of shares in AIM-listed dental care provider Oasis Healthcare Plc from Foresight Venture Partners. The deal generated a total return on investment of 5.1x for Foresight 3 VCT Plc. Duke Street Capital had been...
SPAIN - Kimia receives EUR 2m in backing from Debaeque
Media content developer Kimia Solutions has received EUR 2m in a series-A financing round led by Debaeque Venture Capital.
SWEDEN - Rutland Partners exits Svensk Pantbelåning AB
Rutland Partners has sold Svensk Pantbelåning AB, a Swedish pawn broker, to Preato Capital, Finland’s largest pawn broker.
UK - ICG backs Marken in SBO from 3i
Intermediate Capital Group has provided equity and mezzanine financing to support the management buyout of biopharmaceutical logistics business Marken from 3i. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Marken's management hold a majority stake in the newco....