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SPAIN - EIF and CDTI launch new investment programme
The EIF (European Investment Fund) and CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial) have today announced the launch of a new type of investment mandate. The programme is the culmination of over a year of collaboration between CDTI and the EIF...
FRANCE - European Capital invests in Tokheim buyout
European Capital, S.A. SICAR has announced today it has invested EUR 14m in the mezzanine and second lien facilities of Tokheim SAS, the leading European supplier of retail fuel systems. European Capital’s investment represents a share of the mezzanine...
SWEDEN - IK sells Oriflame shares for SEK 587m
The Industri Kapital 1997 fund has today sold 4.2% of the total number of shares and votes in Oriflame for SEK 587.5m.
GERMANY - Winter arrives in Frankfurt
Private equity lawyer Jochen Winter, whose clients include Fortress Investment Group and CVC Capital Partners, has left Linklaters to join the Frankfurt office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
ESTONIA - MartinsonTrigon launches TVCorp for international TV projects
MartinsonTrigon, the Baltic venture capital fund, has agreed to invest EUR 1.4m into OÜ TVCorp, a holding company which will be involved in various international TV projects.
DENMARK - IK porfolio firm buys Zealand Care
Industri Kapital-owned mobility aids provider Welzorg has signed an agreement to acquire Danish market leader Zealand Care A/S from Sahva A/S, a Danish group active in orthopedics. This is Welzorg’s first major step in its internationalization and the...
UK - LDC recruits in the Midlands
LDC has strengthened its team in the Midlands with the appointment of Tim Newman as business development director.
GERMANY - HarbourVest and AlpInvest complete German secondary deal
HarbourVest Partners and AlpInvest Partners have announced the completion of a secondary transaction involving the establishment of a new fund, Paragon Partners Secondary LP. As a result of the transaction, Paragon Partners acquired an existing portfolio...
SWEDEN - Oracle buys VC-backed HotSip
Oracle Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire Swedish HotSip AB, which is backed by 3i, Argnor Wireless Ventures, GO Capital and Ledstiernan.
UK - Interregnum share placing and acquisition
Further to obtaining shareholder approval to all of the resolutions proposed at the extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday 21 February, the board of Interregnum has announced that it has raised a total of ТЃ10m (before expenses) via a placing of 151,515,152...
THE NETHERLANDS - PE eyes on Stork
PE firms are reportedly looking at delisting Netherlands-based conglomerate Stork. Press reports suggest KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle and CVC Capital Partners are looking at potentially buying the firm, which has a market cap of EUR 1.6bn.
DENMARK - Dansk Kapitalanlæg splits into two funds
Dansk Kapitalanlæg has set up a new DKK 900m fund to invest in Danish companies with sales between DKK 25-250m. The group has decided to focus on investments in more established businesses.
UK - Barclays and Lloyds TSB support insurance broker
Leeds based Barclays Leveraged Finance (BLF) and Lloyds TSB Corporate Acquisition Finance have acted as joint mandated lead arranger in the provision of a ТЃ53m finance package to Oval, a leading industry consolidator in the corporate insurance broking...
UK - AdEPT Telecom floats on AIM
AdEPT Telecom has acheived an IPO on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Overall a total of 5.8 m common shares at a price of 140 pence were placed to institutional and other investors in the UK and Europe. The net proceeds...
UK - Altius Associates hires client services specialist
Altius Associates has announced the appointment of Guy Paisner as European partner, client services. The hire will help Altius to strengthen its client services activities as it continues its strategy of designing tailor-made approaches for individual...
GERMANY - AXA consortium buys German private equity fund
A consortium led by AXA Private Equity, one of Europe's leading private equity houses, has acquired the German private equity fund Steadfast Capital Beteiligungen I. The purchasing consortium was led by AXA Private Equity and also includes CSFB Strategic...
UK - Monument hires for Europe
Monument Group, Inc., the independent private equity placement agent, has further expanded its capabilities in Europe with the hiring of Martin Anthonsen as director of its newly opened London affiliate, Monument Group (UK) Ltd.
FRANCE - Siparex records active 2005
Siparex has dubbed itself as the leading independent private equity investor in France’s middle market. Although investments over the past year were 11% lower than the amounts recorded in 2004, its exits have doubled and gross capital gains nearly tripled,...
EUROPE - LBO market smashes EUR 100bn barrier
2005 saw further significant growth in the European buyout market with the total value of deals topping EUR 100bn for the first time ever, according to the latest European Buyout Review due to be published in March 2006 by Incisive Media in association...
UK - LDC tops up its tan
LDC is about to announce the acquisition of St Tropez, the tanning specialist, according to press reports. The firm reportedly beat rival bidders including Phoenix Equity Partners and is expected to sign the deal in the next ten days.
SWITZERLAND - Partners Group announces IPO on SWX Swiss Exchange
Partners Group, the Swiss-based global alternative asset manager, has announced its intention to list on the SWX Swiss Exchange through an initial public offering. The IPO is expected to take the form of a public offering in Switzerland and private placements...
FRANCE - PE houses dig for French gold
CDC Entreprises has just acquired France’s largest chain of jewellers Marc Orian for an estimated EUR 140m, according to press reports. The Paris-based newco, Financière M.O, was taken private by Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management, now Crédit Agricole Private...
LITHUANIA - MartinsonTrigon acquires 100% of shares in MicroLink Lietuva
AS Martinson Trigon, a Tallinn-based investment fund, has acquired 100% of MicroLink Lietuva and IT training company Baltijos Kompiuteriu Akademija (BKA) from Lietuvos Telekomas.
UK - LA Fitness buys Crown Sports
The directors of Crown Sports and the board of the LA Fitness, a Mid-Ocean Partners portfolio company, have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Crown...