Secondary buyout
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested ТЃ14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
BC Partners acquires MCS
GP acquires a 90% stake in the French bank loans portfolio management company
Maven reaps 4.7x on Crawford Scientific sale to Limerston
Sale of the stake leads to a 70% IRR after a three-year holding period for Maven
Connection reaps 4.1x on TeamSport sale to Duke Street
Sale of the go-karting company comes four and a half years after Connection acquired the business
Céréa Partenaire invests in Organic Alliance
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Naxicap Partners, which created the company in 2014
Dunedin reaps 3x on £280m sale of Kee Safety to Investcorp
Sale of safety equipment manufacturer ends a four-year holding, representing an IRR of 35%
Standard Investment sells Dutch Bakery to Egeria
Standard Investment created the bakery chain through a series of mergers in 2015
Bridgepoint to acquire 5àSec from Rive et al.
Bridgepoint is to acquire the French dry-cleaning group from its current private equity backers
TDR Capital in exclusivity for Buffalo Grill
Deal for the French steakhouse chain, backed by Abénex and Nixen, could value it at around €400m
EQT buys Curaeos from Bencis
Bencis made the first acquisition in its dental buy-and-build strategy in July 2011
Equistone acquires ITG from BDC
SBO of marketing consultancy and data group follows a three-and-half-year tenure for BDC
Astorg, Montagu fully exit Sebia
CVC Strategic Opportunities and the Bettencourt-Meyers family office join CDPQ as shareholders
Cinven sells CeramTec to BC-led consortium
Consortium of BC, PSP and Ontario Teachers' acquires the company for a 13.2x entry multiple
Parquest buys Aserti from Galiena
Galiena acquired the repair and maintenance services business in 2013 in a secondary buyout
Deal in Focus: PE backers sell Euro-Druckservice to DPE
Consortium of PE-backers advised by Kartesia has sold EDS to Deutsche Private Equity
Pragma acquires IMX from Naxicap
Deal for the international courier service is the fifth investment from Pragma's third vehicle
Argos Soditic backs Fabbri Vignola SBO
French GP acquires the business from its peers Lincolnshire Management and Igi
Ardian exits TimeOne
Company was created in 2016 by merging two of Ardian's portfolio companies
Alcedo backs Agrimaster SBO
Deal sees Italian buyout house B4 Investimenti fully exit the business after three years
IK to sell Evac Group to Bridgepoint
IK sells the waste and wastewater systems business after a three-year holding period
Hellman & Friedman to acquire Nets in DKK 33.1bn deal
Hellman & Friedman intends to delist the Denmark-based payment service provider from Nasdaq Copenhagen
Nord Holding sells Wemas to Gimv
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Nord Holding, which acquired the company in 2011
IK sells Schenck Process to Blackstone after 10-year holding
Vendor originally purchased the company in a buyout with an estimated EV of €450m in September 2007