Penta Capital Partners
Lonsdale sells Charles Cameron to Penta's Socium Group
Third exit announced by Lonsdale this year, and the second from its 2016 fund
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
Goldman Sachs and THCP invest £16.5m in Hunter Boots
Wellingtons manufacturer mandated AlixPartners to sell a stake in the business in March 2020
Searchlight invests in Penta-backed GRP
Searchlight will take a majority stake, with other investors taking minority positions
Penta-backed GRP buys Digney Grant
GRPтs Irish division Abbey Bond Lovis, a retail broking specialist, buys a majority stake
Maven-, Penta-backed Endura acquired by Pentland Brands
Transaction comes three and a half years after the GPs invested in the cycling apparel brand
Penta- and Maven-backed GRP acquires County Group
Current management team will stay with the business as it moves to new ownership
Penta- and Maven-backed GRP acquires Greens
Deal is the third bolt-on acquisition made by the insurance broker since the beginning of 2016
Penta, Toscafund agree £75.2m Circle take-private
Deal for loss-making hospital operator would come six years after the business listed
Penta exits Six Degrees
Penta invested ТЃ60m in technology infrastructure company in 2011
Penta rides off with Endura
Penta and Maven have invested in cycle apparel company Endura
Penta makes bid for Daisy
Offer gives company market cap of ТЃ507m
Penta's GRP receives £55m
Global Risk Partners (GRP), backed by Penta Capital, has received ТЃ55m in funding to launch as a London market consolidator.
Exit activity remains low despite headline deals
Although divestments have featured prominently in the news recently, figures seem to tell a different story. Alice Murray takes a look at this year's exit landscape
Sector focus: Playing it safe in the insurance market
Sector focus: Insurance
Esure IPO gives firm £1.2bn market cap
Insurance provider Esure has completed its flotation on the London Stock Exchange, which gives it a market capitalisation of ТЃ1.2bn.
Penta Capital in £560m offer for Redrow
Listed UK house builder Redrow has received a takeover approach from its chairman, backed by a number of investment funds including Penta Capital.