Deals
UK - Clayton, Dubilier & Rice refinances Brakes
Brakes, a food service solution provider and portfolio company belonging to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is the subject of a ТЃ275m refinancing. The refinancing is lead-arranged by JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, with UBS as co-manager....
UK - Bank of Scotland Corporate invests in Sunseeker International
Bank of Scotland Corporate has provided luxury yacht builder Sunseeker International with an integrated finance and debt package, taking a minority stake in the business following the transaction.
GERMANY - Nordic Capital's Nycomed acquires ALTANA for EUR 4.215bn
Nycomed, a portfolio company owned by Nordic Capital, has acquired ALTANA Pharma AG for four times its own enterprise value. Headquartered in Konstanz, the company is the pharmaceutical business of ALTANA AG's pharmaceuticals and chemicals group. If the...
NETHERLANDS - LSP leads EUR 3m investment round in BMEYE
Life Science Partners has announced that it has led a EUR 3m Series A financing round of BMEYE, a Dutch medical device company. The round was led by LSP and included a group of Silicon Valley and Dutch groups TechFund and BAT (Business Angels Technostarters)....
UK - Bank of Scotland Corporate backs MBO of Conran Restaurants
Bank of Scotland Corporate Banking has provided a ТЃ47m integrated debt and equity package to support the existing management in the buyout of Conran Restaurants. The deal has enabled management, who have invested new cash, to significantly increase their...
UK - Risk Capital Partners acquires Patisserie Valerie
Risk Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in London's famous upmarket patisserie chain Patisserie Valerie. The acquisition has been made with a view to expanding the business and taking it national. The company has revenues in excess of ТЃ8m....
UK - Sun Capital acquires Pearl Fittings representing partial exit for Endless
Endless has sold its majority stake in Pearl Fittings Ltd to Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners. The deal represents a partial exit for Endless, which first invested in the company in March 2006 since when turnover has...
SWEDEN - Accel invests EUR 4m in Swedish software business
Telepo, a Swedish software company, has raised EUR 4m in funding from Accel Partners. The Telepo Business Communication Solution integrates mobile and fixed communication, VoIP and existing enterprise voice infrastructure, using standards based protocols....
FINLAND - CapMan acquires industrial maintenance from Fortum
Funds managed by CapMan have signed an agreement with Fortum to acquire its industrial services business unit, a provider of industrial maintenance services, for an undisclosed sum.
UK - Apax launches bid to delist unquote" publisher Incisive Media
Apax Partners has made an offer to acquire global B2B publisher Incisive Media Plc. The deal, which has been recommended by the independent directors of the business, values the London Stock Exchange-listed companyтs shares at ТЃ199m, and offers shareholders...
FRANCE - CICLAD takes minority stake in internet tourism portal
CICLAD has taken a minority participation in Come To Paris, an online provider of tailored services to the tourism industry.
SWEDEN - Eqvitec invests SEK 44m in Netadmin
Eqvitec Technology Fund III has agreed to invest SEK 44m in Linköping-based software company Netadmin. Netadmin has developed a system that gives network proprietors and broadband operators full supervision and control of all connected equipment, right...
SWEDEN - InnovationsKapital invests SEK 25m in Ludesi
Ludesi AB, a global provider of bioinformatics solutions to the life science industry, has secured SEK 25m in funding from InnovationsKapital. Ludesi’s current investors include FöretagsByggarna and AP6.
FINLAND - Lannox receives EUR 400,000 from Finnish Industry Investment
Finnish Industry Investment has provided EUR 400,000 in funding to road construction company Lannox Oy. Founded in 2006, Lannox is based in Helsinki and the new capital will fund business development and marketing.
BELGIUM - Pro Natura acquires Biomarché
Activa Capital-owned Pro Natura, the former number two wholesaler of organic fruit and vegetables in Europe, has acquired Biomarché, the leading organic fruit & vegetable wholesaler in Belgium.
FRANCE - Avenir Tourisme and BNP Paribas Développement invest in hotels
Avenir Tourisme and BNP Paribas Développement have each taken a 10% stake in Chez France Hotels and Résidences, with a total equity investment of EUR 800,000. The sponsors also committed some convertible bonds as part of the transaction.
GERMANY - Nord Holding takes majority in PDS Group
Nord Holding has acquired a 70% stake in PDS Group, Cologne, a systems integrator for mobile data capture systems. Raimund Müller-Rau, general manager of the company, retains the 30% balance.The vendor is MUK Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft, a joint subsidiary...
FINLAND - CapMan sells Tiimari to Leo Longlife
CapMan funds will sell their stake in holding company Maritii Oy, which has 100% ownership of Tiimari, to Oyj Leo Longlife Plc. Prior to the exit, CapMan funds hold around 83% of Maritii, a company with an enterprise value of approximately EUR 61m.
DENMARK - Vækstfonden and SEED Capital sell AudioAsics
Analog Devices Inc has acquired venture-backed technology company AudioAsics A/S for around $19m in cash. It will pay up to $8m more for the Danish business upon the achievement of certain milestones.
UK - Barclays Private Equity takes stake in Jerrold Holdings for £113.5m
Barclays Private Equity has acquired a significant minority stake in Jerrold Holdings Ltd, a secured lender to the residential and commercial sectors, for ТЃ113.5m. The acquisition adds to Barclays Private Equityтs financial services portfolio, (which...
UK - Penta Capital leads £10m equity funding round in retail chain's 147 UK stores
InternaУЇionale Holdings Ltd, the Glasgow-headquartered retailer which owns 147 Au Naturale and InternaУЇionale stores throughout the UK, has been acquired in a management buyout worth ТЃ45m. InternaУЇionaleтs senior management team of Norrie Stewart,...
UK - Barclays Private Equity invests £15m in powered machine hirers merger
Barclays Private Equity has invested ТЃ15m in the merger of AFI Aerial Platforms and Uplift Platforms, hirers of powered access machines. Barclays Private Equity will hold a significant stake in the enlarged business. AFI Aerial Platforms, based in Wakefield,...
UK - Bowmark Capital acquires Design Objectives
Bowmark Capital has announced the acquisition of Design Objectives Ltd, the UKтs leading supplier of products to the rapidly growing paper crafts market. Paper crafting is principally the design and decoration of home-made greeting cards, scrapbooks and...
UK - NTL deal reportedly off
Market souces report that the ТЃ10.6bn bid for NTL by a consortium of private equity groups is no longer going to go ahead.