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Take Private

The Unquote Podcast
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Taking stock

Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, dedicated to the resurgence of take-privates

  • Investments
  • 10 December 2019
Take-privates in the UK by value
UK-focused GPs getting creative with buyout sourcing

In 2019, 10 take-privates have been agreed in the UK and Ireland to date, up from five in 2018

  • UK / Ireland
  • 03 December 2019
Cobham manufactures aerospace components
Advent's £3.9bn Cobham take-private likely to go ahead

Advent made a takeover offer of 165 pence per share in cash, which represents a 34% premium in July

  • Buyouts
  • 20 November 2019
Explosives
Argos Wityu to de-list EPC Groupe in take-private

Argos will back the France-based manufacturer and distributor of explosives for civil use

  • Buyouts
  • 18 November 2019
Patent databases
Sovereign acquires Murgitroyd in £62.8m deal

Sovereign will pay 13.8x EBITDA for the intellectual property attorney service

  • Buyouts
  • 21 October 2019
Website security
Thoma Bravo acquires Sophos in $3.9bn deal

Apax Partners, which holds a 10.15% stake in the cybersecurity firm, will sell its holding

  • Buyouts
  • 14 October 2019
Stock exchange ticker
Take-privates thrive amid growing pressure to invest

Public-to-private deals are back in fashion, with a record number of transactions

  • Investments
  • 09 October 2019
Inusrance claims and brokers
Lovell Minnick, Pantheon to acquire Charles Taylor in £261m deal

US-based Lovell Minnick has made an offer for listed insurance services business Charles Taylor

  • Buyouts
  • 20 September 2019
Elevators and lifts
Advent et al. bid for ThyssenKrupp elevators division

Carlyle, CVC, KKR, and Blackstone Group are also reported to be interested in the unit

  • PIPEs
  • 17 September 2019
Cobham manufactures aerospace components
Advisory firm recommends Advent's £3.9bn offer for Cobham

BlackRock, M&G and Legal & General each hold more than 2% of shares in the aerospace company

  • Buyouts
  • 05 September 2019
Magazines and academic publishing
KKR to take Axel Springer private

KKR will draw equity from its European Fund V, which held its interim close on €4.7bn in April

  • Buyouts
  • 27 August 2019
Building materials and construction services
Cerberus to acquire Optimum Re Spain at €70.25m valuation

Cerberus first made an offer for the Barcelona-based real investment trust in July 2019

  • Buyouts
  • 16 August 2019
Biotechnology and medical sciences
Armonia buys stake in Milan-listed Biodue

GP intends to take the company private and boost its expansion via additional acquisitions

  • PIPEs
  • 08 August 2019
Cobham manufactures aerospace components
Advent International agrees £4bn take-private for Cobham

Proposed share price represents a 50.3% premium on the average value across the last three months

  • Buyouts
  • 25 July 2019
Halogen lights
Bain, Carlyle place takeover bid for Osram at €35 per share

Bain and Carlyle have placed a takeover offer for the lighting manufacturer, valuing it at €3.9bn

  • Buyouts
  • 04 July 2019
Legoland parks
Blackstone et al. agree £4.77bn Merlin take-private

Proposed transaction also includes co-investment from CPPIB and the investment arm of Lego

  • Buyouts
  • 28 June 2019
Secondhand cars
TDR to de-list BCA Marketplace in £1.9bn deal

Price gives the car auction business an enterprise value multiple of 12.5x its adjusted EBITDA

  • Buyouts
  • 26 June 2019
Swedish newspaper Mitt i
KKR launches offer for Axel Springer at €63 per share

Friede Springer and CEO Mathias Döpfner, who hold 45.4% of shares, will form a consortium with KKR

  • Buyouts
  • 12 June 2019
Northern Lights
Triton submits bid for Thomas Cook’s Nordic business

Group is evaluating the offer for its operations and airline in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark

  • Buyouts
  • 28 May 2019
Printing press machines and services
Charterhouse agrees £668m Tarsus take-private

Deal values shares in the Irish media and events business at 17x its average EBITDA in 2017 and 2018

  • Buyouts
  • 24 May 2019
Business intelligence and financial reports
H&F, Blackstone's offer for Scout24 rejected by shareholders

Scout24's management and supervisory boards supported the consortium's offer of €46 per share

  • Buyouts
  • 14 May 2019
Pizza delivery services
KKR acquires controlling stake in Telepizza in €604m deal

GP, which already owns a 28.57% stake, will reach 56.29% and will be able to de-list the company

  • Buyouts
  • 13 May 2019
Board room deals and discussions
H&F, Blackstone's take-private of Scout24 stalls – reports

Shareholders resist a voluntary takeover offer following a rise in Scout24's share price

  • Buyouts
  • 02 May 2019
Elior is a contract catering company
PAI to buy Elior's Areas in €1.54bn deal

Proceeds of the Areas division sale will be used to reduce Elior's leverage ratio

  • Buyouts
  • 24 April 2019
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