Trade sale
L Catterton partially exits Steiner via $900m Elemis sale
Sale of the skincare brand to L'Occitane is worth marginally less than the original deal for its parent
PE-backed Rafaut bolts on AEDS
Ace Management and Étoile ID-backed Rafaut buys France-based AEDS, doubling group turnover
Lampe Privatinvest sells von Oertzen to trade
Water jet maker von Oertzen was bought by Hako, a subsidiary of the Possehl industrial group
LDC exits Inprova via dual sale
GP sells the company's energy division to Inspired for £19.5m and the non-energy arm to management
BGF sells Petrotechnics stake in trade sale to Sphera
Risk management software provider was exposed to the dramatic oil price drop in 2014-2016
Triton sells Nordic Tankers to trade
GP makes the divestment from The Triton Fund III, a €2.25bn fund that held a final close in 2010
Synova reaps 5.6x from Stackhouse Poland sale to Gallagher
Sale of specialist insurance broker comes four years after the GP's initial investment
Creafund sells Mylène to trade
Creafund invested in Belgium-based beauty and cosmetic products specialist Mylène in 2015
IK's Mademoiselle Desserts bolts on Les Délices des 7 Vallées
France-based Mademoiselle Desserts completes its second bolt-on since the IK acquisition
Principia sells Comecer to trade
ATS also acquires a majority stake from the Zanelli family for a total purchase price of €113m
Equistone sells Otto Luft- und Klimatechnik to trade
Equistone's 11th exit this year, and the sixth from Equistone Partners Europe Fund IV
YFM reaps 3.4x on sale of GTK
Sale of the UK-based provider of electronics to a strategic trade buyer generates a 36% IRR
BC Partners and PSP sell Antelliq to trade in €3bn deal
Merck will pay around €2.1bn to buy the outstanding shares of and assume the €1.15bn debt
AnaCap exits AssurOne
Deal ends a four-year holding period for AnaCap, which bought AssurOne from Seventure and BPI France
YFM makes 2.7x on sale of Mangar Health to PE-backed Winncare Group
Sale ends a holding period of four years for YFM’s British Smaller Companies VCTs
NPM Capital to sell Iddink to trade in €277m deal
Netherlands-based Iddink Group, an educational platform, is sold to Finnish Sanoma Group
Riverside sells DPA to PE-backed RCF Group
Riverside said the company's sales and EBITDA nearly doubled during its five-year tenure
3i-backed Hans Anders buys Vendis-backed Eyes + More
3i expects to invest up to €60m to support the bolt-on, expanding the group into DACH
Gimv sells Walkro to trade
GP fully sells Walkro, a mushroom substrate specialist, to Irish strategic co-owner
RJD reaps 92% IRR on Barber of Sheffield exit
RJD Partners acquired a majority stake in Barber of Sheffield just two years ago
Premium sells ATBB to trade
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Premium, which acquired the business on deal-by-deal basis
Aurelius partially sells embattled Nestor to trade buyer CRG
Deal comes weeks after a regulator warned that the homecare provider could cease trading
Vortex, ABN Amro sell CarsOnTheWeb to trade for up to €156m
Transaction is valued at €91m in cash with performance-related add-ons worth an additional €65m
KKR's LGC buys SeraCare from Linden Capital
Following the deal, LGC will consolidate its position in the clinical quality-control tools market