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Lion Capital

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Deal in Focus: Findus issues €200m PIK note for dividend payout

Latest refinancing is Findus's third debt-servicing deal in two years

  • Consumer
  • 01 August 2014
Findus prepares dividend payout through PIK notes

Note is Findus's third debt-servicing deal in two years

  • UK / Ireland
  • 28 July 2014
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UK retail: who will be celebrating this Christmas?

As private equity continues to dominate the UK consumer sector, who is set to see soaring sales during the festive flurry? Alice Murray reports

  • Consumer
  • 18 December 2013
PE hungry for Burton’s Biscuits

Private equity houses including Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are circling food company Burton’s Biscuits.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 24 October 2013
Providence picks up Exponent’s Ambassador

Providence Equity Partners has emerged as the successful bidder for Exponent Private Equity’s Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG).

  • Exits
  • 22 October 2013
Bain, BC Partners et al. mull bid for Stokke

Bain Capital, BC Partners, Lion Capital and others are understood to be bidding for Stokke, a Norwegian manufacturer of children's furniture and accessories.

  • Nordics
  • 17 October 2013
Exponent’s Ambassador attracts private equity suitors

Exponent Private Equity-backed Ambassador Theatre Group is reportedly on the block and has attracted high-profile suitors including BC Partners, Blackstone and Carlyle.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 14 October 2013
Trophy investments
Trophy investments: Fashion and gadgets

Trophy investments

  • Consumer
  • 24 September 2013
Private equity misses out on Lucozade, Ribena sale

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell popular drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena, which had attracted interest from buyout houses including Blackstone and Lion Capital, to Japanese trade player Suntory for £1.35bn.

  • Consumer
  • 09 September 2013
Focus on the food production sector
Sector focus: Saddling up for food production

Sector focus: Food

  • Buyouts
  • 19 August 2013
Lion secures €900m amend-and-extend for HEMA

Lion Capital has completed a €900m amend-and-extend for Dutch retailer HEMA's senior second-lien mezzanine and PIK facilities.

  • Portfolio management
  • 15 August 2013
Ex-Premier Foods boss to advise KKR on Lucozade and Ribena bid

KKR is understood to have brought in Michael Clarke, the former CEO of Premier Foods, to advise on its £1.5bn bid for Lucozade and Ribena from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

  • People
  • 07 August 2013
Lion's Picard issues €480m floating rate note

Picard Surgelés, a French portfolio company of Lion Capital, has issued a €480m floating rate note to refinance part of its debt.

  • France
  • 01 August 2013
Blackstone and Lion eye Lucozade and Ribena

Blackstone and Lion Capital are to join forces and make a formal bid exceeding £1bn for Lucozade and Ribena, owned by GlaxoSmithKline, according to reports.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 01 July 2013
Lion cleared to sell Ad van Geloven stake to Avedon

Lion Capital has received clearance from the European Commission to sell a stake in Dutch frozen snack company Ad van Geloven to Avedon Capital Partners.

  • Exits
  • 05 June 2013
Volume of consumer retail exits in the UK & Ireland
UK consumer sector exits at record levels

The number of UK consumer goods assets divested by private equity firms is at its highest level in 10 years despite the continued desolation suffered by the consumer market.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 31 May 2013
Blackstone, Carlyle targeted by Stop G8 protests

Anti-capitalism protest group Stop G8 has publicised the London addresses of several private equity firms – including Blackstone, Carlyle and Lion Capital – ahead of the G8 Summit in June.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 24 May 2013
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Private equity's biggest scandals

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  • Industry
  • 19 February 2013
Lion Capital buys GHD from Montagu

Lion Capital has acquired UK-based professional hair styling brand GHD from Montagu Private Equity for an estimated £300m.

  • Buyouts
  • 11 February 2013
Lion's £1.2bn partial sale of Weetabix completes

Bright Food's purchase of a 60% stake in Weetabix from Lion Capital is the largest overseas transaction ever by a Chinese company in the food and beverage sector.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 05 November 2012
Lion, CapVest and Pamplona circle United Biscuits

Lion Capital, CapVest, Pamplona Capital and Germany’s Intersnack are in the running to acquire the savoury snacks arm of United Biscuits, according to reports.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 29 October 2012
Apax France reinvests in Afflelou, secures 14.1% stake

Apax France has reinvested in French eyewear retailer Alain Afflelou, four months after exiting the business in an SBO backed by Lion Capital.

  • France
  • 02 October 2012
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Trade winds blowing

Trade winds blowing

  • Industry
  • 11 June 2012
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SBOs set to rebound

The recent quaternary buyout of French eyewear retailer Alain Afflelou by Lion Capital for an estimated €780m shows that the "pass-the-parcel" trend in private equity has not yet abated.

  • Buyouts
  • 02 May 2012
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