Secondary buyout
Bowmark backs buyout of The Instant Group from MML
Both MML and the company's management team are reinvesting for a stake in the new company
LDC generates 3.5x on PEI sale to BDC
Sale of the media, data and events company comes less than three years after LDC's purchase
Ardian, Edmond de Rothschild exit Siaci Saint Honore
Charterhouse takes over, acquiring a minority stake in the insurance brokerage business
CCMP, Corpfin exit Volotea
Volotea CEO Muñoz and the management team will increase their holding post-transaction
ICG acquires Suanfarma
Following the transaction, Suanfarma's founder and CEO Hector Ara will stay on with the business
Xenon exits Eco Eridania
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Xenon, which acquired a stake in Eco Eridania in 2012
IK acquires four regional A-Katsastus operations
IK makes the investment via its 2017-vintage IK Small Cap II fund, which closed earlier this year
Apax France exits RC Concept
CM-CIC Investissement has acquired a stake in the company and plans to support its expansion
Equistone sells Travel Counsellors to Vitruvian
Sale follows a three-and-a-half-year tenure and brings to an end proposals to list the travel agent
Motion Equity Partners buys Holweg Weber in SBO
Azulis Capital sells its majority stake in the French paper-bag machinery manufacturer
IK buys Klingel from Halder
Deal marks the 11th acquisition from the IK VIII fund, which closed on €1.85bn in 2017
Apax France buys Expereo in SBO
Carlyle sells its majority stake, acquired in 2014 via Europe Technology Partners III fund
BDC in exclusivity with LDC over PEI buyout
Alternative assets information provider is reportedly being sold on the basis of a ТЃ10m EBITDA figure
Partners-led consortium buys Techem for €4.6bn
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Macquarie, which took the firm private in 2008
EQT acquires Facile.it from Oakley Capital
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Oakley, which acquired Facile in 2014 using its second fund
Hg and ICG in £1.3bn Iris buyout
Hg6 generates a 4.2x return from the sale of the accounting software group, equivalent to a 26% IRR
PAI acquires M Group from First Reserve
Acquirer is currently investing from its sixth flagship fund, which writes equity cheques of тЌ100-300m
IK backs Domia Group in SBO
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Metric, which bought the company in May 2013
Triton, KKR sell Mehiläinen to CVC
Deal for the Finnish healthcare services provider is reportedly valued at тЌ1.8bn
EQT sells HTL-Strefa to Investindustrial
Investindustrial will merge HTL with PIC, a division of Artsana Group's healthcare business
Livingbridge to acquire Love Holidays
Proposed deal will reportedly value the UK-based online travel agent at around ТЃ180m
Sun European buys ESIM from Ardian
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Ardian, which acquired the company in a complex carve-out
Silverfleet buys PE-backed Prefere Resins
Deal is Silverfleet's eighth investment from Silverfleet Capital Partners II, which closed in 2015
Hg buys Medifox from ECM
Sale ends a five-year holding period for ECM, which acquired the business in May 2013