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UK - Gresham-owned Whitworths up for sale
Dried fruit packager, Whitworths, is being sold by current backers Gresham at a competitive process run by Rothschild. Several private equity firms including Lion Capital, European Capital, HgCapital and Barclays Private Equity are in the process of preparing...
GERMANY - Kion Group up for private equity grabs
Private equity consortia are gathering to bid for Kion Group, the newly re-named material handling division of Linde, according to a report in German newspaper FAZ. Allianz Capital Partners and Permira have apparently clubbed together, with Apax and BC...
GERMANY - Saban to sell ProSiebenSat.1
According to a report in German news magazine, Focus, US-billionaire Haim Saban is in advanced talks with investors over the sale of his stake in ProSiebenSat1. The report suggests that Saban is speaking with investment bank Goldman Sachs and Apax Partners....
UK - Cambridge Cluster data research
Library House, the high-growth private company research house, in association with Wilmer Hale and BDO Stoy Hayward, has announced the publication of the 2006 Cambridge Cluster Report – “The Supercluster Question”. The third report produced by Library...
UK - Bank of Scotland backs buyout of William Cook Defence
William Cook Defence Ltd (WCD), the North East-based specialist manufacturer of tracks and other engineering components, together with its subsidiary William Cook Intermodal Ltd have been acquired from William Cook Holdings Ltd, the Sheffield-based engineering...
ITALY - Carlyle to lead EUR 30bn bid for Telecom Italia businesses
According to reports in the Corriere della Sera, The Carlyle Group is planning a EUR 30bn bid for Telecom Italia's mobile telephony businesses. It will provide EUR 4bn of cash, while the other partners in the consortium, Permira and Blackstone Capital...
NORDICS - Nordic unquote
Nordic unquote" will hold the inaugural Nordic unquote" Private Equity Awards ceremony, sponsored by SEB, on the evening of 28 November and a limited number of tables are now on sale at www.nordicunquote.com.
DENMARK - Polaris recruits Icopal director and CapMan partner
Polaris Private Equity has appointed Jan Johan Kühl, group director of Icopal, as managing partner and as director of the management company and Jan Dahlqvist, partner at CapMan, as partner. Kühl will join Polaris in the first quarter of 2007 and the...
UK - SiConnect receives £700,000 investment from Esprit
Esprit Capital Partners has led an investment round for SiConnect Ltd. The £700,000 is part of a first tranche of second fundraising which comes from Esprit's Prelude Trust Plc fund and follows earlier investments of £1.3m in March 2006 and £2.8m in...
NL- Bencis acquires Aktiesport and Perri Sport
Bencis Capital Partners has acquired a substantial equity interest in the in the sport retails chains Aktiesport and Perry Sport through Unlimited Sports Group BV (USG).
UK - Gresham appoints new investment executive
Gresham has announced that Simon Hemley has joined the investment team as an investment executive. He will be based in London.
FRANCE - ERCP completes two refinancing
Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (ERCP) has announced that it has completed a EUR 24m leveraged recapitalisation of luxury childrenwear brand Bonpoint and an EUR 86m refinancing of Via Location.
GERMANY - T-Venture backs CoreOptics alongside other investors
T-Com Venture Fund has made a strategic investment in CoreOptics Inc, a developer of transponder systems. The company is headquartered in Nuremberg, with operations in New Hampshire, US. It develops high-speed optical networking applications in the telecommunications...
UK - South East Growth Fund commits £250,000 to Oxford English Training Ltd
SEGF has invested £250,000 as part of a £500,000 investment round to fund the continued expansion of Oxford English Training Ltd (OETL) in mainland China. OETL is a prestigious English Language and Business Qualifications training company servicing...
UK - New grouping of private equity investment trusts launched
At a time of rising interest in the private equity sector, iPEIT, the Initiative for Private Equity Investment Trusts, has been formed to improve awareness and understanding among retail investors, smaller institutions and investment managers not already...
UK - Signet wants to hang on to H Samuel and Ernest Jones
US jewellery company Signet has stated that it intends to hang on to its 590 outlets in the UK which trade under the H Samuel and Ernest Jones names. It is understood that the UK businesses are falling behind the fast-growing US businesses.
UK - Possible take-private of Inter Link Foods?
Reports suggest that the management of Inter Link Foods are in talks with private equity firms, including 3i, HgCapital and LDC, about the possibility of delisting the company. Its shares closed at 407.5p on Friday with management anticipating to demand...
ITALY - All eyes on Telecom Italia's mobile telephony assets
According to reports in the Italian press, at least six private equity are interested in buying the mobile telephony businesses of Telecom Italia. It is understood that a consortium has been formed, which includes the likes of Texas Pacific Group, Blackstone,...
SPAIN - Diana Capital and ICO buy 12.7% of Guascor Group
Diana Capital and the Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO) have acquired a 12.7% shareholding in Guascor Group, a company focused in the development of marine propulsion equipment and engines. Private equity firm Diana Capital and ICO, the state-owned...
SPAIN - Vista and Apax divest Itevelesa for EUR 500m
Apax and Vista Capital have sold their entire shareholding in Spanish vehicle inspection company Itevelesa to Australian investment bank Macquarie. The bank, which had been looking for opportunities in Spain since its divestment from road management company...
SPAIN - Permira secures Telepizza in EUR 850m deal
The five-month battle for Spanish pizza delivery chain Telepizza has come to an end with the winning bid of EUR 3.21 per share from Foodco Pastries and Medimosal, companies jointly owned by Permira and Telepizza founding family Ballve's investment vehicle...
ITALY - Candover opens office in Milan
Candover's Milan office is now officially open for business. The firm announced earlier this year that it intended to expand its activities in Southern Europe.
SWEDEN - CapMan creates Nordic healthcare group
CapMan funds and Plena AB have signed an agreement for the acquisition of two Swedish healthcare companies SelefaTrade AB and Förbandsmaterial AB. The acquisitions have been made via the holding company that owns Finnish Tamro MedLab Oy, a business CapMan...
UK - Clayton, Dubilier & Rice refinances Brakes
Brakes, a food service solution provider and portfolio company belonging to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is the subject of a £275m refinancing. The refinancing is lead-arranged by JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, with UBS as co-manager....