Take Private
KKR drops out of Zooplus race
Hellman & Friedman increased its take-private offer to EUR 3.29bn earlier this week
H&F increases Zooplus take-private offer
Increase from EUR 3bn to EUR 3.29bn follows competing takeover interest from EQT and KKR
Morrisons suitor Fortress could take its time to respond to CD&R bid
CD&R's 285 pence bid pipped Fortress's earlier offer, leading Morrisons' board to switch its recommendation
Wm Morrison board accepts GBP 7bn CD&R offer
Deal would be the largest PE-backed take-private in the UK since Boots' GBP 11.1bn delisting in 2007
Hellman & Friedman in EUR 3bn take-private offer for Zooplus
Online pet products retailer has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2008
Stock Spirits agrees to CVC acquisition offer
Share price spikes to 383 pence per share following the GBP 767m offer for the distiller
Morrisons adjourns shareholders' meeting, CD&R still looking at offer
Clayton Dubilier & Rice has asked that it be provided with more time to consider its options
Sanne board to recommend Apex offer
Should Apex make a firm offer, Cinven would have to significantly up its own bid for the fund administrator
Wm Morrison shareholder JO Hambro to decline Fortress takeover offer
JO Hambro say the offer is below the 270p level that would be worthy of consideration
Morrisons rival bidders may have little room to improve on Fortress bid
Both CD&R and Apollo are seen as viable threats to Fortress’s offer, one source says
Apollo confirms interest in Morrisons bid
PE firm would have to top a £9.52bn EV offer from a Fortress-led consortium made over the weekend
Inflexion completes €170m take-private deal for Infront
In January, the GP offered €143m to take over the company, but later increased its offer to €170m
Sanne board rejects fourth Cinven offer
Latest proposal offers 850 pence per share, a small uptick on the 830 pence offered earlier
Vectura board greenlights £958m Carlyle offer
Vectura Group is a listed, UK-based developer of inhaled drug delivery devices
TDR Capital to take Arrow private in £563m deal
Offer price represents a premium of 33.4% to the closing price of 230.5 pence per share on 5 February 2021
Epiris-backed James Hay to take Nucleus private for £145m
James Hay is using financing made up of equity drawn down from the Epiris Funds and debt from Ares
Enterprise Investors completes PragmaGo take-private
GP plans to de-list the company from the Warsaw stock exchange "as soon as possible"
Nordic Capital launches $2bn take-over for Advanz
Advanz Pharma initially hired Jefferies to advise on a sale process in October 2020
Inflexion launches €143m take-private bid for Infront
GP said its experience developing data and technology companies, along with an ability to provide access to additional capital, will contribute to the company's future development
Blackstone, Carlyle in talks to take Signature Aviation private
Blackstone is currently investing from Blackstone Capital Partners VIII, which closed on $26bn
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
Investindustrial to take control of Guala
Investindustrial plans to launch a full takeover offer for Guala, at €8.20 per share
Redcentric ends sale process following discussions with Macquarie
Redcentric is currently trading at £123.32 per share, while it was trading at £147 on 2 September 2020
G4S rejects offer from BC's Gardaworld
Company says Gardaworld's offer is "nowhere near a full and fair price"