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UK - Amec rejects £1.5bn bid from TPG and First Reserve

A takeover bid by Texas Pacific Group and First Reserve for engineering services group Amec has been rejected by its board. It was reported that the offer, at £1.5bn, was rebuffed on the grounds that it did not value the company highly enough. Analysts...

  • Buyouts
  • 14 November 2006
GERMANY - Symrise to float by the end of 2006

The German flavours and fragrances company Symrise has announced that it intends to float shares worth EUR 650m in an initial public offering by the end of this year.

  • Exits
  • 14 November 2006
GERMANY - Permira exits Premiere

Permira is selling its stake in German pay-TV broadcaster Premiere. The transaction, which involves Permira's remaining 8.44% stake, is valued at approximately EUR 88m.

  • Exits
  • 14 November 2006
UK - Joseph A Stanislaw joins Climate Change Capital

A leading energy expert, Joseph A Stanislaw, has joined the international advisory board of Climate Change Capital, the UK based investment banking group dedicated to investment in clean energy and a low carbon economy.

  • People
  • 14 November 2006
FRANCE - Fund-of-funds provider Fondinvest spins-off from CDC

Fondinvest Capital, an asset management firm created in 1994 by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), has spun off.

  • France
  • 14 November 2006
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital buys TietoEnator's stake in Personec

Nordic Capital Fund V has agreed to acquire TietoEnator’s shareholding as well as outstanding shareholder loans in Stockholm-headquartered Personec. After the transaction, Nordic Capital will control 100% of the company together with the management...

  • Buyouts
  • 14 November 2006
ITALY - Permira to sell Grandi Navi Veloci to private equity consortium

According to press reports, Permira is said to have reached an agreement with a consortium including buyout house Investitori Associati, Charme and De Agostini to sell its portfolio company Grandi Navi Veloci for over EUR 750m. Two years ago, Permira...

  • Buyouts
  • 13 November 2006
FRANCE - Europcar makes EUR 670m acquisition

Car rental business Europcar, one of Eurazeo's portfolio companies, has acquired US-based Vanguard's European operations for EUR 670m. The price represents 12.7x the company's 2006 EBIT before synergies.

  • France
  • 13 November 2006
FRANCE - Cerenis receives EUR 42.1m in a second round of financing

Cerenis Therapeutics has gathered EUR 42.1m in its second round of institutional funding. TVM Capital and OrbiMed of the US join the existing investors, all of which renewed their commitments.

  • Early-stage
  • 13 November 2006
UK - Hawkpoint moves offices

From the 20th November, Hawkpoint is moving offices and its new address will be: Hawkpoint Partners Ltd 41 Lothbury, London, EC2R 7AE, UK.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 13 November 2006
UK - Launch of Kenmore Private Equity

Kenmore Property Group, the international real estate business which operates from 9 offices in the UK, Europe and Dubai, has announced the formation of its sister company Kenmore Private Equity (KPE). KPE will originate transactions initially in the...

  • UK / Ireland
  • 13 November 2006
ITALY/GERMANY - Mediaset leaves competition for ProSiebenSat

Mediaset, the broadcasting giant owned by ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, is no longer in the competitive process for German television network ProSiebenSat.1 Media.

  • Buyouts
  • 13 November 2006
SWEDEN - TranSiC secures SEK 4m in funding

Energy business TranSiC AB has raised SEK 4m in a first round of funding from Volvo Technology Transfer AB and Midroc New Technology AB. Founded in 2005, TranSiC is a Stockholm Innovation & Growth incubator company. It aims to bring silicon carbide power...

  • Early-stage
  • 13 November 2006
UK - Dunedin appoints new directors

Dunedin has announced that Giles Derry and Mark Ligertwood have been appointed directors. Mark Ligertwood joined Dunedin in 1999 following a six-month secondment from Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance department where he qualified as a chartered accountant....

  • People
  • 13 November 2006
ITALY - SG Capital Europe acquires majority stake in Modo & Modo

SG Capital Europe has acquired a 75% stake in Modo & Modo SpA, a manufacturer of paper stationery products under the Moleskine brand. The value has not been disclosed.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 November 2006
PORTUGAL - The Riverside Company acquires ONI

The Riverside Company has agreed to acquire ONI SGPS SA, the wire-line telecom unit of Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal. The deal is valued at EUR 160m, and is expected to close early next year.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 November 2006
UK - Investment management company moves to Liverpool

A specialist multi manager investment firm with over £100m of assets under management is expanding into Liverpool with backing from Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF). Mercater Capital Management has opened offices in Liverpool after receiving...

  • Buyouts
  • 10 November 2006
UK - Liverpool Ventures appoints new managing director

A new managing director has been appointed to Liverpool Ventures. Liverpool Ventures provides specialist support services to businesses applying to and backed by, the £27m Liverpool Seed Fund, an MSIF Fund. Malcolm Stewart, 45, joins the Liverpool Ventures...

  • People
  • 10 November 2006
GERMANY - IPO for Quest for Growth portfolio company Wilex AG

Quest for Growth has announced that Wilex AG, its portfolio company, has successfully placed new shares in its IPO on the Frankfurt exchange. Wilex is a biopharmaceutical company based in Munich, which was founded in 1997 by a team of physicians and oncologists...

  • Exits
  • 10 November 2006
SWEDEN - Nordic Capital sells fitness club chain SATS

Nordic Capital Fund IV has entered into a binding agreement to divest fitness club chain SATS to Tryg i Danmark smba. Tryg i Danmark smba invests in companies within the healthcare and security sector. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval...

  • Exits
  • 10 November 2006
UK - Inflexion sells ACIS to The Carlyle Group

Inflexion Private Equity has sold its entire stake in Advanced Communications and Information Systems Ltd (ACIS) in a secondary buyout to The Carlyle Group. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 November 2006
ITALY - Allen & Overy to end activities in Turin

Law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has decided to end its operations in Turin following the departure of Carlo Pavesio, the only A&O partner left in the city. Pavesio left to set up his own practice. From January next year, Pavesio & Associati will be fully...

  • People
  • 09 November 2006
FRANCE - French government to allocate additional EUR 2bn to benefit SMEs

The French government will invest an additional EUR 2bn in funds-of-funds, to help the development of the country's fast-growing SMEs.

  • France
  • 09 November 2006
UK - Enterprise receives approach from unknown private equity company

A company which provides outsourced planned and reactive maintenance services to utility companies and local authorities, Enterprise, has received a takeover approach from an unknown private equity company.

  • Buyouts
  • 09 November 2006
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