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Germany's DFL to collect NBOs for EUR 3bn media rights stake
Large-cap sponsors including Advent, Blackstone, Bridgepoint, CVC, EQT and KKR expected to bid today
Large-cap sponsors circle Qiagen bioinformatics arm ahead of indicative bids
Potential PE bidders are assessing performance and market share of the Netherlands-headquartered business
KKR invests in CVC's French insurer April Group
US sponsor to become new majority owner; company achieved its objectives more than a year in advance
Deutsche Bank head of EMEA equity-linked departs
Xavier Lagache is no longer in the role after more than a decade; replacement not announced
CVC buys Ethniki Insurance in €505m deal
GP invests in the company via CVC Capital Partners VII, which closed on €15.5bn in June 2017
Toscafund, Penta to acquire TalkTalk for £1.1bn
Consortium offered 97 pence per share, a premium of 16.4% on the unaffected share price of 83.3 pence
Permira-backed Allegro lists with market cap of €9.8bn
Allegro intends to use the proceeds, alongside a new credit facility, to repay its existing debt
Dawn leads $20m series-B for Access Fintech
Existing investors JP Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs contribute to the latest round
DACH deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes
A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in DACH, courtesy of Unquote sister publication Mergermarket
Bridgepoint sells Miya to Afin Infrastructure
Antin intends to support the company in finding new growth opportunities in water concessions
EQT to sell Hector Rail to Ancala
Company's revenues have grown by 80% during EQT's holding period
Investindustrial appoints Deutsche Bank's Guan as chair of Asia
Guan will be based in Shanghai and will focus on further expanding the firm’s presence across Asia
Bain Capital, NBRP invest in Engineering
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Apax, which invested in the company via its eight fund
Green Arrow buys Poplast from EOS
Green Arrow invests via its third fund, which held a final close on €230.6m in September 2018
Endeit leads €21m series-B for travel platform Comtravo
Deutsche Bank, AER Ticket and previous backers Project A, Creandum and BtoV also invest in the round
KKR sells partial stake in SoftwareOne IPO
SoftwareOne has a market capitalisation of CHF 2.8bn following the initial public offering
Advent buys Industria Chimica Emiliana
GP intends to further strengthen the company's market position and boost its international expansion
KKR-backed SoftwareOne to float
SoftwareOne is expected to float on the Six Swiss Exchange in the first quarter of 2019
Charterhouse agrees £668m Tarsus take-private
Deal values shares in the Irish media and events business at 17x its average EBITDA in 2017 and 2018
Apollo's £3.32bn RPC take-private bid approved by directors
Development comes four months after the GP emerged as a bidder for the plastic packaging firm
Investindustrial-backed Aston Martin prices £4.3bn IPO
Flotation of the luxury carmaker values shares towards the lower end of the initial price range
LP Profile: DWS
Formerly the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank, the newly launched firm will have a secondaries focus at inception
Investindustrial-backed Aston Martin prepares for IPO
Luxury car-maker will reportedly seek a ТЃ5bn valuation for its listing on the London Stock Exchange
VC-backed Farfetch gears up for listing
Online fashion marketplace files a registration statement for an IPO on the New York exchange