Refinancing
Gyrus Capital's Essential Pharma refinances, inks two deals
In parallel with the refinancing, Essential Pharma completed two M&A deals in December
Searchlight invests in Celestyal Cruises
Searchlight is investing in the cruise operator via its Searchlight Opportunities Fund
LBO France's Groupe RG completes impact refinancing
Reinancing for the PPE distributor includes ESG criteria that will affect the debt repayment
Searchlight's Survitec completes refinancing
Ares' ТЃ270m package will be used in part to finance the add-on of IK's Hansen Protection
SVP's Klöckner Pentaplast completes €1.9bn refinancing
Strategic Value Partners bought the recycled products and packaging company from Blackstone in 2012
Idinvest backs refinancing of Quadriga's Kinetics
Quadriga acquired Kinetics in August 2011 - unitranche will in part to finance growth projects
Triton announces merger of AVS, Chevron, Fero and Ramudden
Merger of Triton's four traffic services portfolio companies follows a refi earlier in December
Gyrus completes recap for DuPont Sustainable Solutions
First realisation since the GP's establishment in 2018 sees a 60% return on invested capital for investors
Kartesia in €32m refinancing for Enterprise-backed Nu-Med
Enterprise Investors acquired a minority stake in the oncology company in 2013
CVC provides £37.5m financing for Sovereign-backed Nurse Plus
Sovereign Capital purchased Nurse Plus from previous sponsor Key Capital Partners in 2015
Investindustrial-backed Benvic completes €117.5m refinancing
Benvic has completed seven add-on acquisitions during Investindustrial's holding period
Borromin's ProFagus completes refinancing
Charcoal and natural additives company saw final bids from two banks and one direct lender
Kartesia backs £26m refinancing for BGF-backed Clearway
Debt has been invested from Kartesia Senior Opportunities I, marking the fundтs first UK investment
3i nets £102m from Audley Travel, Hans Anders dividends
3i receives proceeds of ТЃ67m from Audley Travel, while Hans Anders generates a тЌ42m windfall
Palatine-backed Vernacare refinances
Palatine-backed medical equipment manufacturer Vernacare refinances its debt facilities
Cartesian's Arlington Industries secures £95m refinancing
Deal will enable the automotive and aerospace components firm to bolt on Wahler
Towerbrook's ICS secures refinancing package
Transaction comes almost five years after the GP acquired the business in an SBO from Blackstone
Endless's Antler secures £8m refinancing
Development comes 19 months after the GP acquired the luggage manufacturer from LDC
Hg refinances A-Plan for second time in 19 months
GP previously secured a ТЃ170m refinancing package for the insurance brokerage in June 2017
3i reaps £52m from Aspen Pumps refinancing
Sum returned from the pump manufacturer equates to 0.8x 3i's initial investment in the business
Beech Tree's Wavenet secures €85m refinancing
Ares and RBS provide a unitranche and super-senior revolving credit facility, respectively
Exponent's HSS Hire secures £245m refinancing
Development follows a difficult year for the tool hire group, in which adjusted EBITDA fell to ТЃ1.8m
Ardian's Diam refinances debt
New financing package replaces original loans and bond mix with an all-loan structure
Apera Capital backs refinancing of LDC's Seabrook
LDC mandates Apera to provide facilities worth ТЃ23.5m to support Seabrook's growth