Trade sale
Lindsay Goldberg sells VDM to Acerinox for €532m
GP acquired the German metal alloy business in 2015 and had made one previous exit attempt
Aurelius-backed Office Depot Europe sells CEE business
Sale supports the portfolio company's efforts to consolidate its European operations
BGF exits Thames Technology
BGF first invested in the company in 2013, with £3.2m to support the purchase of new equipment
Mid Europa sells Walmark to PE-backed Stada
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for the GP, which invested in the company via its third fund
Livingbridge sells CR7 Services
Livingbirdge was invested in the payments company through its Isis Growth fund and its VCTs
Apollo sells Endemol Shine stake to trade
GP and The Walt Disney Company sell the entertainment programming company in a €2bn deal
Tamburi sells stake in luxury handbag designer Furla for €35m
Tamburi sells its shares to majority shareholder Bloom, the holding company of the Furlanetto family
Epiris exits TI Media in £140m deal
Epiris makes its first realisation from its £821m vehicle after just two years at the helm of the magazine and digital publisher
Collins Capital exits Anna Ecologica to trade
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Collins Capital, which owned a 40% stake in the company
Hat exits chair designer Luxy
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Hat, which owned a 96.35% stake in the business
Cobepa sells CDH Développement to trade in €81.3m deal
Belgian GP ends 14-year ownership of blue limestone quarry owner and operator CDH
Westbridge exits LinkFresh
Westbridge SME Fund portfolio company LinkFresh has been sold to a US-based trade buyer
LDC exits FCBI to Thomson Reuters
LDC backed the business events operator that will now become a part of Reuters News
Bregal Unternehmerkapital sells Gabo to trade for $310m
Upon completion, Gabo will become part of Aptiv’s signal and power division HellermannTyton
KKR's Pillarstone sells 50% stake in Manucor to trade
Manucor and Biaxplen expect to expand their market presence and further develop their R&D capabilities
Ambienta exits Safim to trade
Deal ends a two-year holding period for Ambienta, which acquired Safim via its second fund
Edge, Par Equity et al. exit DeltaDNA
Edge Performance VCT sells its stake in DeltaDNA to trade buyer Unity Technologies
DeA's Taste of Italy exits beverage producer Lurisia
Coca‑Cola HBC buys the entire share capital of Lurisia for an enterprise value of €88m
Altor, Shamrock partially exit BTI Studios
Altor Equity Partners and Shamrock Capital will remain invested in the merged company
Norvestor sells Nomor for $200m
Nomor is expected to contribute $14m adjusted EBITDA and $60m revenues to ServiceMaster by 2020
GED sells Nekicesa to FTSE 250-listed Essentra
In addition to GED's stake, Essentra also buys the remaining shares controlled by EBN Vaccaria
Main Capital sells Ymor to Sentia Group
GP sells Ymor, a Netherlands-based APM service, to Sentia Group after four years of ownership
Argos Wityu sells Salvia Group to trade
GP sells the France-based real estate services provider to Total Specific Solutions
Endless exits James Briggs to trade
Endless acquired the chemicals company in 2013 and provided a capital injection in 2016