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UK - Unquote" Awards one more week to enter!
The deadline for the unquoteт Private Equity Awards 2007 is next Friday, 10 August. The event will be held on 28 November at The Royal Horticultural Halls in London, SW1P. Now in its third year, the evening brings together more than 500 industry professionals...
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...
CEE - AIG Investments sells Jetfinance International to BNP Paribas
AIG Investments has sold JetFinance International, a Bulgarian specialised consumer finance company, to Cetelem, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas.
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 - Midlands-based Wenham Major acquires HKM accountants
Wenham Major, the Birmingham-based accountancy firm founded 140 years ago, has acquired Leicester-based HKM accountants. The deal has created one of the largest independent accountancy and business advisory firms in the Midlands.
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 - CBCF appoints new MD for leisure and retail sector group
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has bolstered its senior management team, appointing Michael Dubois as the new managing director of its leisure and retail sector group.
GERMANY - BayernLB strengthens portfolio company
BayernLB Private Equity has made two add-on acquisitions to its portfolio company ISU Personaldienstleistungen GmbH. The two purchases, temporary employment agencies Fischer & Funke Gesellschaft für Personaldienstleistungen mbH and AFM Gesellschaft für...
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....
UK - Terra Firma seals EMI deal
Terra Firma has secured music publisher EMI in a ТЃ2.4bn take-private deal. 90% of shareholders agreed to sell their shares to Terra Firma ahead of today's final deadline. The meeting of this threshold obliges the remaining shareholders to sell their...
DENMARK - Medtronic's neurology products to be acquired
Water Street Healthcare Partners, the Chicago private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has acquired a majority stake in Alpine Biomed for an undisclosed sum, to enable the company’s purchase of neurology diagnostic product line...
FRANCE - FPG-LFPI backs buyout of fishing goods distributor
Unquote" can exclusively reveal FPG-LFPI is set to back the buyout of Distripêche, from existing investors Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE), Alliance Entreprendre and Naxicap Partners.
UK - 3i abandons sale of NCP Services
3i has decided to abandon the sale of NCP Services, the traffic warden, clamping and CCTV monitoring business it retained after selling NCP's car park arm to Macquarie for ТЃ790m in March. The investor cited the volatility of the markets as the reason...
UK - Walker plans to beef up code of conduct
It is reported that Sir David Walker intends to beef up his proposed code of conduct for the private equity industry. The tighter rules would involve buyout houses issuing details of their strategy for a company including any potential job losses, and...
DENMARK - Nordic Phytopharma A/S is sold to Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition AB
Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition AB (SCN) has acquired Nordic Phytopharma, a Danish pharmaceutical business and Biolink Capital portfolio company, for SEK 60m including an earn-out. SCN will pay for the pharmaceutical in cash and shares. The acquisition...
UK - European Capital completes £144.5m Hillarys Blinds refinancing
European Capital has completed the ТЃ144.5m refinancing of portfolio company Hillarys Blinds Ltd. It acquired window blind manufacturer Hillarys in a ТЃ229m tertiary buyout from Change Capital Partners in June 2007, providing ТЃ167m of debt financing...
UK - Carlyle sells NP Aerospace for £71m
The Carlyle Group has realised its investment in lightweight composite armour system business NP Aerospace Ltd. The Coventry-based company has been acquired by trade player, The Morgan Crucible Company Plc for ТЃ71m.
UK - Jefferies appoints Bruce Huber and Warren Scott as European co-heads
The Jefferies investment bank has appointed Bruce Huber and Warren Scott to lead the firmтs financial sponsors effort in Europe as co-heads. Huber is head of European technology and cleantech investment banking at Jefferies International Ltd, the London-based...
SPAIN - Qualitas wins Alcasa deal
Qualitas Equity Partners has wholly acquired aluminium producer Aluminio Catalán SA (Alcasa) from Ibersuizas alongside the company's management. BBVA is providing the debt for the acquisition.
UK - Greenhill and JO Hambro acquire Rileys snooker halls business for £30.5m
Greenhill Capital Partners Europe and JO Hambro Capital Management have acquired 150 snooker halls for ТЃ30.5m. Rileys operates 150 clubs across the country and was formerly part of Aim-listed Georgica. Rileys recorded EBITDA of ТЃ9.5m in 2006 on revenues...
UK - Bain appoints new UK managing partner
Bain & Company has appointed Cyrus Jilla as the new managing partner of the firm's UK operations. Jilla succeeds Roger Siddle who held the role for more than six years. Jilla joined Bain in 1997 from Kalchas, a boutique strategy firm. Prior to this he...
FRANCE - Fabless design company receives $10m A-round funding
Pond Venture Partners and Partech International have invested $10m in Acco, an analog and RF semiconductor design company.