Trade sale
ECI reaps 6.2x money in Tusker exit to Lloyds Banking Group
Deal values UK-based low emissions car management and leasing company at around GBP 300m
Livingbridge exits Red Box in sale to US-based Uniphore
Deal for voice software group takes the GP’s Fund V close to full realisation, with Direct Ferries as only business left in the 2012 vehicle
Hg to exit Transporeon in EUR 1.88bn sale to trade
Deal with US-listed Trimble sees German transportation software group double in value since 2019 buyout
IK exits Studienkreis in sale to edtech unicorn GoStudent
German centre-based tutoring provider will operate independently and under its current management while synergies with new owner are identified
SHS exits minority stake Blazejewski Medi-Tech
GP has sold its 24.9% stake in German endoscopy medtech company to peer Erbe two years after investing
Palatine exits first ever impact investment Trade Skills 4U
Sale of electrician training provider to trade buyer City & Guilds is third exit from the GP's first impact fund
Alto Partners sells Tricobiotos to trade
Exit of Italian cosmetics maker marks third exit from Fund IV, bringing its IRR to over 40%
HIG Capital exits Der Grüne Punkt to trade
EV of the German recycling company is “not below” EUR 150m, a source familiar told Unquote
Cinven to sell Tractel to trade for EUR 500m
Exit to Sweden-listed Alimak values safety products specialist at 10.3x EBITDA
IK to sell Linxis Group to Hillenbrand for EUR 572m
Agreed sale of packaging machines group to US-based industrial buyer set to complete by year-end
YFM exits Ferrabyrne in trade sale
Sale to Sweden-based Dellner Group’s subsidiary marks fourth exit from sponsor’s buyout fund
CapMan exits Picosun to trade
Deal is the GP’s largest exit to date based on the atomic layer deposition equipment producer’s EV SUM
LDC exits Plimsoll Productions in GBP 131m sale to ITV
Sponsor held a minority stake in the TV production company after a deal that valued it at GBP 80m in 2019
Aurelius exits German blown film maker Hammerl to trade
Distressed investor has sold company to German construction material manufacturer Karl Bachl
Inflexion to exit Global Reach in trade sale
UK foreign exchange company to be acquired by US-listed business payments specialist Fleetcor
Foresight Capital exits Codeplay Software in trade sale
GP is to reap 15.7x MOIC and 100% IRR on the sale of the AI integration software
Baird Capital exits Crisp Thinking to Kroll
GP invested GBP 19m for a minority stake in the social media monitoring firm in 2018
IK exits Bahr Modultechnik in EUR 98m trade sale
IK acquired the modular electric linear motion systems producer in 2018 via its Small Cap strategy
Ergon et al. sell Indo to PE-backed Rodenstock
Sherpa Capital and Oquendo Capital are also selling their stakes in the ophthalmic lenses producer
PAI Partners to sell Perstorp to Petronas subsidiary
Acquisition by Malaysian group values the Swedish specialty chemicals company at EUR 2.3bn
Silverfleet to exit STAXS in trade sale
Sale of Dutch cleanroom consumables distributor to Haniel-owned CWS Cleanrooms will deliver a 6x money multiple for the sponsor
Phoenix sells 1000Heads to PE-backed Labelium
Phoenix Equity Partners has sold its stake in UK-based social media data and consultancy firm 1000Heads to France-headquartered Labelium, a portfolio company of Charterhouse Capital Partners.
Alcedo exits Duplomatic in trade sale to Daikin Industries
Japanese group will pay EUR 220m for Italian valves and pumps maker, which saw revenues more than double since sponsor’s entry in 2017
Main sells Obi4wan to PE-backed Spotler
Exit to CNBB portfolio company Spotler Group ends a holding period of almost six years