Secondary buyout
Permira acquires Quotient from GHO for a reported £600m
Outsourced drug development company has expanded into the US and tripled its revenues under GHO
3i buys Evernex from Carlyle in deal exceeding €400m
Carlyle invested in Evernex, a provider of IT infrastructure maintenance, in 2015
Inflexion to merge Bridgepoint-backed Estera with Ocorian
Transaction ends a four-year holding period and reportedly values Estera at £500-600m
Rubicon sells Farsound Aviation to AGIC for £115m
Aviation-focused supply chain management company was reportedly marketed based on £11.4m EBITDA
Ardian sells Schleich to Partners Group in tertiary buyout
Schleich was sold in a process run by JP Morgan that also attracted Pamplona Capital Management
DBAG sells Infiana to Pamplona
DBAG has more than doubled its capital investment through the sale of the films manufacturer
VR Equitypartner and SuedBG exit Duo Plast in SBO
Investors launched a sales process for the packaging manufacturer, marketing it based on €9-10m EBITDA
Capital Croissance backs Emresa SBO
After seven years of ownership, Siparex and Re-sources sell Luxembourg-based Emresa
LitCapital sells Baltik Vairas to KJK
Bike manufacturer Balktik Vairas has revenues of €70m and has quadrupled its EBITDA since 2013
Bridges acquires GEV Wind Power from Maven
Vendor was reportedly seeking a £30m EV for the wind-focused energy services firm
Axcel buys SteelSeries from L Catterton
Ninth investment from DKK 4.8bn Axcel V, which invests in firms with revenues between DKK 250m-4bn
Pamplona backs Loparex SBO
Mergermarket reported in June that packaging company Loparex posted an $80-90m EBITDA
Aurelius sells Solidus to Centerbridge for €330m
Aurelius acquired the packaging company in 2015 and merged it with Abelan in 2018
Elysian acquires Aspirations Care from August
Deal for the residential care provider brings to an end a seven-year holding period for the vendor
Novum acquires MMC from Dubag
Novum Capital is investing from its debut fund and will merge the company with Crosscast
EQT sells AutoStore to THL
AutoStore was originally acquired for an estimated price of €500m and the sale values the firm at €1.6bn
CVC pulls sale of D&G; reports
Decision to suspend the exit is reportedly due to a lukewarm response from potential investors
IK acquires Lap in SBO
IK is using equity from IK VIII, a fund that targets deals with enterprise values of €100-500m
Silverfleet sells Phase One to Axcel for 4.6x
Sale ends a holding period of more than five years for Silverfleet's first buyout fund
NB Aurora buys Dierre from Gradiente
NB Aurora bought a 46.1% stake from Gradiente and the remaining 3.8% from Rubbiani for €30.2m
Exponent sells Loch Lomond to Hillhouse Capital
Sale ends a holding of five years for Exponent, which acquired the company using its second fund
Arkéa et al. back Children Worldwide Fashion in SBO
Former majority owner Dzeta PE reinvests in the high-end children's ready-to-wear specialist
GPs sell public transport operator Hansea to DWS
Belgium-based Hansea acquired four peers based in Flanders and Wallonia since 2014
LDC invests in Texthelp
Texthelp operates in Australia and the US, and has launched in the Middle East and in South America
