Deals
SWITZERLAND/ BELGIUM – Alpha acquires Dietiker and NFI
Alpha Private Equity has acquired the Zurich-based Dietiker group for an undisclosed sum from its family shareholders. The investment is the fifth investment from the financial investor’s Alpha Private Equity Fund 5 (APEF 5), which closed in February...
ITALY - Apax acquires healthcare factoring business
Pharmaceutical group Confarma is reported to have sold the majority of its shares in Farmafactoring to FF Holding, a vehicle entirely owned by Apax Partners.
BELGIUM - Cognetas to sell Aliplast Group for €430m
Cognetas, (formerly known as Electra Partners Europe) has announced that it intends to sell Aliplast Group to a consortium backed by Sagard and Ergon for EUR 430m.
NL - Kennet Partners to sell Consul Risk Management to IBM
Kennet Partners Ltd has announced that it intends to sell Consul Risk Management International, a software company for the enterprise and managed security services markets, to IBM. The sale is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007. Kennet first...
UK - Charterhouse-backed Saga makes radio disposal
Charterhouse portfolio company Saga, the specialist service provider to the 50 plus age-group, has disposed of its radio assets. The three radio stations based in the Midlands and Scotland, plus another yet to be launched station, have been acquired by...
SPAIN - 3i set to acquire 45% of Bouncopy today
According to reports in the Spanish press, 3i is due to close the acquisition of a stake in Bouncopy in the next couple of hours.
ITALY - Cognetas sells Azelis to 3i
Private equity frim Cognetas, formerly known as Electra Partners Europe, announced the sale of Azelis Group to 3i.
SPAIN - INova Capital backs DC Wafers
INova Capital has announced its invesment in industrial manufacturer DC Wafers. After the investment, completed via a capital increase, the private equity firm will control a 15% stake in the company.
UK - Hermes Private Equity acquires residential care provider ILG
Hermes Private Equity has acquired Independent Living Group (ILG), a provider of residential care for adults with severe and profound learning disabilities in the South East of England from a diverse group of shareholders. Bank of Scotland provided debt...
GERMANY – Summit Partners invests in DEDON GmbH
Summit Partners has made a minority equity investment in outdoor luxury furniture company DEDON GmbH.
GERMANY – HgCapital acquires toy manufacturer
HgCapital has acquired a majority stake in German toy manufacturer Schleich GmbH for an undisclosed amount. Schleich GmbH is based in Schwäbisch Gmünd and was founded in 1935. The company develops and produces figurines that are marketed world wide.
FRANCE - FPG-LFPI sells Cognon-Morin to BSN Medical
FPG-LFPI, Lazard's private equity firms, have announced the sale of its 55% stake in phlebological tights manufacturer Cognon-Morin to BSN Medical, for an undisclosed amount.
SWITZERLAND – NORD Holding buys into Kentaro AG
NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft has acquired a minority stake in sports rights agency Kentaro AG following a share capital increase. The financial investor acquired a 9.5% stake for an undisclosed sum and will increase its shareholding...
UK - LDC exits express company ANC through £120m sale to FedEx
LDC has sold UK express transportation company ANC Group to FedEx Corporation for ТЃ120m having acquired it just eleven months earlier for ТЃ37.3m. The original deal in February 2006, saw LDC acquire a 26.25% stake in the company through a refinancing...
UK - August Equity acquires superyacht publisher for £29m
August Equity has backed the ТЃ29m secondary management buyout of Boat International Group from funds managed by Henderson Private Capital. August Equity invested ТЃ13.4m of equity funding alongside debt facilities provided by Lloyds TSB to acquire the...
UK - Gresham backs MBO of Town Centre Restaurants from Bank of Scotland Corporate
Gresham Private Equity has backed the secondary buy-out of Town Centre Restaurants (TCR) from Bank of Scotland Corporate, in a deal with a total funding package of ТЃ48m. With over 50 sites in the UK's busiest town and shopping centres, Town Centre Restaurants...
NL - 3i to acquire Business Media Europe from VNU
3i has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire substantially all of VNU Business Media Europe (BME), a Dutch careers classified and B2B magazines group, from VNU.
UK - Barclays Private Equity backs £28m MBO of Artigiano
Barclays Private Equity has backed the ТЃ28m management buyout of Scala Collections Ltd, the direct retailer of Italian designed ladiesт clothes, shoes and accessories which trades as Artigiano. As part of the deal, Barclays Private Equity will take a...
POLAND – ARGUS acquires GTX Hanex Plastic
ARGUS Capital Partners have acquired a majority stake in Polish manufacturer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) performs, bottles and film, GTX Hanex Plastic, for an undisclosed sum from Montluc Holdings. Following the buyout the financial investor intends...
UK - Primary Capital refinances YO! Sushi
Primary Capital has refinanced portfolio company YO! Sushi, the Japanese conveyor-belt restaurant brand it backed in a ТЃ10m management buyout in 2003. Over the last three years, YO! Sushi has expanded to 26 sites across the UK and eight international...
SWITZERLAND – SIRS-Lab raises EUR 10m
Affentranger Associates have led a EUR 10m funding round in SIRS-Lab alongside bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen and Swiss institutional investors. The funding will be used to bring new molecular diagnostics to the market.
SWEDEN - EQT V hits EUR 4.25bn
EQT has closed its latest fund on EUR 4.25bn. EQT V attracted 25% of money from the Nordic region, 30% from the UK and Continental Europe, 25% from North America, and the remaining 20% from the rest of the world. New commitments came from Australia, Canada...
SPAIN - Ahorro Corporación invests in Biodiesel Alicante
Ahorro Corporación has agreed to purchase 20% of Biodiesel Alicante from Grupo Nátura. The consideration has not been disclosed.
SPAIN - Caixaholding backs baby food producer
According to reports in the Spanish press, Caixaholding has purchased 35% of Nafree for approximately EUR 1.25m. Private equity firm Molins Capital Inversión is reported to have invested as well, providing a total of EUR 50,000.