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UK - Beringea expands UK investment team

Beringea director Trevor Hope has been appointed to the new role of chief investment officer and new investment director Karen McCormick has joined the Beringea team. Hope, who joined Beringea in 2003, will oversee the companyтs investment activites from...

SPAIN - Impala exits Menaje del Hogar for EUR 132m

Impala Capital sold its 54% stake in electrical goods wholesaler Menaje del Hogar to UK sector player Kesa Electricals. The total exit value is EUR 135m, including EUR 35m in debt. The private equity firm had originally purchased its stake in 2003, for...

SWITZERLAND – 5àSec in tertiary buyout

ING Parcom Private Equity has acquired the dry cleaning service provider 5àSec from Milestone Capital. The transaction value has not been disclosed. In 2001, Milestone Capital (formerly EAC) acquired the company from Spef and BNP Développement.

UK - Sainsbury deal faces opposition from Tchenguiz

Delta Two is facing additional opposition to its 600p per share bid for UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury. The well-documented resistance to the bid from the Sainsbury family, has been boosted by news that property entrepeneur Robert Tchenguiz also believes...

UK - RJD acquires Teaching Personnel from BPE for £24m

RJD Partners has led the ТЃ24m secondary management buyout of specialist teacher recruitment business Teaching Personnel. The deal represents an exit for Barclays Private Equity. RJD's investment was supported by management reinvestment and ТЃ14m of banking...

UK - Bridges Ventures invests £2.3m in keyworker housing

Bridges Ventures has invested ТЃ2.3m to fund the purchase of three blocks of studio apartments to provide key worker housing. The buildings acquired by a newco established by Bridges will provide accommodation for hospital staff employed by Plymouth Hospitals...

RUSSIA - Great Circle invests $21.1m in STS Logistics

Great Circle Fund has invested $21.1m in Moscow-based STS Logistics, a Russian freight forwarding, warehousing and customs services provider. The expansion deal represents the first investment of the $190m Great Circle Fund, which targets transportation,...

  • CEE
UK - Tense days for Terra Firma's EMI bid

Terra Firma faces a few tense days before Sunday's cut off point for EMI shareholders to accept its ТЃ2.4bn agreed offer for the London-listed music publisher. Terra Firma needs to secure 90% of acceptances by Sunday. The figure is currently understood...

CEE - Quinlan Private sells Polish shopping centre for EUR 128m

Quinlan Private and the Borgestad Group have sold the Forum Shopping Centre in Gliwice, Poland to German real estate investment company Deka Immobilien for EUR 128m. Quinlan Private is a Dublin-based private equity and real estate group and Borgestad...

  • CEE
SPAIN - Carlyle acquires Applus for EUR 1.5bn

After fending off competition from BC Partners and Eurazeo, The Carlyle Group has agreed the acquisition of Applus from its shareholders Agbar, Unión Fenosa and Caja Madrid for an enterprise value of EUR 1.48bn. With headquarters in Barcelona, the company...

SWEDEN - Carlyle et al. sell MedPointe to Meda for $520m

Swedish-listed pharmaceutical group Meda has agreed to acquire all the shares in US based-MedPointe, owned by The Carlyle Group and other investors. The two majority shareholders of MedPointe, The Carlyle Group and The Cypress Group, will become shareholders...

NL - Gilde refinances portfolio company Heiploeg

Gilde Buy Out Partners has refinanced portfolio company Heiploeg. The EUR 246m refinancing was lead arranged by Rabobank. The financing structure includes borrowing base facilities, a revolving credit facility, senior term A and B loans and a second...