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NETHERLANDS - Stork to sell its WorkSphere Unit
Dutch industrial conglomerate Stork has reached an agreement to sell its WorkSphere unit to Strukton, a Netherlands-headquartered railway construction and maintenance group.
UK - Bank of Scotland Corporate backs MBO of T.M.Lewin
T.M.Lewin & Sons Ltd, the leading retailer of formal shirts has been acquired by its management team from a group of private vendors. With a deal size of ТЃ50m, Bank of Scotland Corporate provided an integrated finance funding package and will invest...
UK - Matrix midlands motoring challenge
Yesterday Matrix Private Equity entertained a group of Midlands corporate financiers (and Kimberly Romaine of Incisive Media, publishers of unquoteт and Private Equity Europe) at Prestwold Hall in Loughborough, where guests were treated to a day of driving...
UK - Deloitte hires two operational diligence experts
Matt Penny and Duncan Robertson have joined the operations due diligence team at Deloitte from Ernst & Young. Both have expertise in the retail and technology manufacturing sectors.
ITALY - Successul listing for Wellington portfolio company NoemaLife SpA
On its first day of trading on the Milan Stock Exchange, NoemaLife's share price grew by 37% from the original issue price of EUR 9 per share to reach EUR 12.30 per share, representing a market capitalization of EUR 52m.
FRANCE - Possible buyout will not be discussed at Thomson's general assembly today
Thomson SA has made it clear that the potential de-listing of the company would not be discussed at today's annual general assembly of shareholders.
GERMANY - Nordsee sees return of private equity cash
Jersey-based ACP Capital has acquired an approximate 12% stake in Kamps Food Retail Investments, a holding company owned by German food and drink entrepreneur Heiner Kamps. The investment will assist Kamps in raising his majority stake in fish restaurant...
UK - Endless acquires GlynWebb.
Endless LLP has acquired chain retailer GlynWebb for an undisclosed sum. GlynWebb, which specializes in selling discounted DIY, homeware and garden products in the North and Midlands of England generates annual sales of ТЃ45m and is planning to increase...
FRANCE - Thierry Laugel joins AGF Private Equity's venture capital team
AGF Private Equity has appointed Thierry Laugel as partner in itsventure capital team.
FRANCE - Argos Soditic backs Sitour's MBO
Argos Soditic has backed the management buyout of Groupe Sitour. This is the first investment made through the equity house's new fund, Euroknights V.
FRANCE - BI-SAM Technologies receives EUR 5m from Galileo and Alven
Galileo Partners and Alven Capital have invested EUR 5m in BI-Sam Technologies, in two tranches. The company’s three founders retain a majority equity stake
FRANCE - ABN AMRO Capital France acquires majority of NextiraOne
ABN AMRO Capital France has signed an agreement to buy the majority of NextiraOne and the management and Indigo Capital will take minority shareholdings.
FRANCE - Spef Venture sells 3D animation software company Eovia
Spef Venture has agreed to sell Eovia to Californian 3D animation company DAZ Productions for an undisclosed sum.
UK - CVM sells interest in Applecroft Care
Close Venture Management (CVM) has sold its interests in Applecroft Care Home Ltd in Dover, Kent and Barleycroft Care Home Limited in Romford, Essex, to its partner in the investments.
UK - Bhargava heads 3i's new focus on outsourcing
3i has appointed Akshaya Bhargava to head up its new focus on the global business process outsourcing (BPO) market.
UK - Rutland floats H&T on AIM
Rutland Partners has realised its investment in H&T Group Ltd for cash through an AIM listing. The enterprise value of H&T on flotation is ТЃ91.9m and the market capitalisation is ТЃ54.2m. The proceeds received by Rutland, after costs and managementтs...
UK - Apax and Permira to refinance New Look?
The Sunday Times reports that Apax Partners and Permira are likely to enjoy a ТЃ350m windfall in a refinancing of New Look, the retailer in which they own a controlling stake.
NETHERLANDS - Valcon raises bid for VNU
Valcon Acquisition BV, has raised its bid for Dutch media giant VNU NV to EUR 29.50 per share in an effort to overcome shareholder resistance to the deal.
GERMANY - Equita makes it three in a week
Equita Management GmbH has made its third investment in a week with the acquisition of Z&J Technologies. The vendor, Hochtemparatur Engineering GmbH (HTE) is a portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. This is the third investment to be made by Equita...
FINLAND - CapMan buys Helsinki property from Sitra
CapMan’s private equity real estate fund, CapMan Real Estate I, has bought Kiinteistöosakeyhtiö Erottajankatu 15–17 from Sitra for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY - EQUITA acquires Barat Carbide and Barat Ceramics
In a joint deal with the company management, Equita Fonds 3 has acquired Boart Longyear HMSR and Boart Ceramics GmbH. The vendor, Longyear Holdings Inc, is based in Salt Lake City. The two companies, Hard Materials and Softrock Tools (HMSR) and Boart...
UK - Ariadne Capital appoints John O'Connell as chairman
Investment and advisory firm Ariadne Capital has appointed John OтConnell, the founder of software company Staffware Plc, as its new chairman.
UK - New appointments at Livingstone Guarantee
Phillip McCreanor has joined Livingstone Guarantee as a director, having previously led Deloitteтs industrial products team globally and having led transactions for corporate and private equity clients in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Australasia....
SPAIN - Adara and MCI invest EUR 2.5m in Polymita Technologies
Polymita Technologies, a Spanish software provider of business process management (BPM), portals and enterprise content management platforms (ECM), has announced a €2.5m joint investment in the organisation made by venture capital companies Adara Ventures...