Consumer
Trilantic exit MW Brands in trade sale worth £566m
Trilantic Capital Partners has agreed to sell MW Brands to Thai Union Frozen Products in a deal worth ТЃ566m.
Lion Capital to acquire Picard Surgelés for €1.5bn
Lion Capital is set to acquire frozen food retailer Picard SurgelУЉs from BC Partners, according to Les Echos.
PAI Partners looking to sell Yoplait stake
PAI Partners has put its 50% stake in French yoghurt maker Yoplait up for sale.
MCH Private Equity invests in Conservas Garavilla
MCH Private Equity has invested in canned fish producer Conservas Garavilla.
Consortium invests SEK 17m in Barista
Almi Invest, Alveco Invest and six business angels have provided SEK 17m expansionary capital for the coffee chain, Barista Fair Trade Coffee.
Permira-backed Birds Eye Iglo acquires Findus Italy
Permira-backed Birds Eye Iglo has agreed to acquire the frozen food producer Findus Italy from Unilever.
Naxicap invests €4m in Nord Sud Brasseries
Naxicap Partners has injected тЌ4m in chef Paul Bocuse's Nord Sud Brasseries.
KBC Arkiv supports Lumière Publishing
The joint subsidiary of KBC Private Equity and ARKimedes has acquired a stake in Belgian films distributor LumiУЈre Publishing.
Aurica XXI backs Eurofragrance SL
Aurica XXI, Banco Sabadell's private equity investment entity, has committed an undisclosed amount of capital to fund the expansion of perfumery business Eurofragrance.
Consortium looking to sell Maxeda departments
According to reports, KKR, Cinven, AlpInvest and Permira are set to sell the V&D department stores and La Place restaurant chain that are part of the Maxeda retail group.
Ratos exits Haglöfs in trade sale
Ratos has sold outdoor equipment producer HaglУЖfs to Asics for approximately SEK 1bn.
NextStage invests €8.2m in Groupe ACR
Nextstage has provided spare auto parts distributor Groupe ACR with тЌ8.2m.
AXA Private Equity sells Trecobat shares
AXA Private Equity has sold its 46.5% stake in home building group Trecobat to the company's management team.
Avenir Entreprises et al. back Société Hôtelière Côte Rôtie
Avenir Entreprises, Sofival, BNP Paribas DУЉveloppement, Garibaldi Participations and Risque & SУЉrУЉnitУЉ have funded the buyout of eight hotels on behalf of SociУЉtУЉ HУДteliУЈre CУДte RУДtie (SHCR).
Sovereign Capital's LM acquires two funeral businesses
Sovereign Capital-backed LM Funerals has acquired Chris White Funeral Directors Limited and Pomphrey and Mercer Funeral Directors.
TPG and Goldman Sachs acquire Ontex for €1.2bn
TPG and GS Capital Partners have agreed to buy hygienic disposables specialist Ontex from Candover.
Segulah acquires European Travel Interactive
Segulah has acquired European Travel Interactive AB (eTRAVELi) from Norvestor Equity in a secondary buyout.
CapMan acquires INR and Aspen
CapMan has acquired INR from Accent Equity and Aspen from Valedo Partners in secondary buyouts.
Apax set to lose stake in Panrico
The large banking syndicate holding debt in the Spanish bakery business Panrico looks likely to follow through with a debt for equity swap after attempts to re-finance the leverage package failed.
Siparex exits Keria
Siparex has sold its entire stake in lighting products retailer Keria to the founder's family.
HgCapital acquires Teufel Speakers
HgCapital has acquired a majority stake in German speakers manufacturer Teufel from Riverside.
Karnell acquires Kasthall
Karnell has closed the second deal for its K3 fund, with the acquisition of Kasthall Mattor och Golv AB.
Viveris Management et al. inject €1.4m in Devederm
Viveris Management and Promelys Participations have co-led a тЌ1.4m round of fundraising for cosmetics company Devederm.
Ratos makes takeover offer for HL Display
Ratos has offered to acquire all remaining shares in HL Display, after increasing its share ownership to 57% of value and 79.1% of votes.