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NL - Forbion and Inventages invest EUR 2.5m in AM-Pharma

Forbion Capital Partners and Inventages Venture Capital have invested EUR 2.5m in their portfolio company AM-Pharma, a Dutch biopharmaceuticals business. The investment will be followed by a Series-C financing round, for which the company is in discussion...

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 £40m. 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 £51.5m. 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 £410m 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 - 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 £5m. 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 £22m. Founded in June 2001, the Soho-based gym and health centre now has close to 4,300 members. Its facilities include a medical...

UK - CIT announces senior appointments

CIT Group Inc has announced two senior level appointments within its London Commercial Finance business. Graham Randell has been promoted to senior managing director, CIT Commercial Finance Europe. He will continue to oversee the development and expansion...

GERMANY - 3i Infrastructure invests in Oiltanking

3i Infrastructure has acquired a 45% stake in Oiltanking Singapore Ltd, Oiltanking Amsterdam BV and Oiltanking Malta Ltd (the OT companies) for a total price of $305m. The investment comprises an equity consideration of EUR 115m and a debt package worth...

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UK - Unquote” Awards one more week to enter!

The deadline for the unquote” 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...

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 £40m. Musto has also developed a range of casual clothing...