Trade sale
Apollo partially exits Evo Banco
Deal does not include the sale of Evo Finance, the group's financial arm in Spain
Blackstone exits Versace to trade in €1.83bn deal
Blackstone sells 20% stake in high-end, Milan-based fashion brand Versace to Michael Kors
DPE sells Expertum to trade
Sale ends a holding period of nine years for DPE, which founded the company in 2010
Nixen sells Weave to trade in €120m deal
Nixen's Weave is wholly acquired by France-based OnePoint, a digital transformation service
Inflexion nets 50% IRR on quick Outdoor Plus exit
Outdoor Plus proved to be a success for Inflexion's minority-stake-focused Partnership Capital fund
Mobeus fully exits VSI with Lightwork sale to Siemens
Deal ends a 12-year holding period for the GP, with the investment delivering 4.8x money and 29% IRR
AGIC sells Gimatic for €370m
Industrial automation supplier Gimatic is sold to Barnes Group, an industrial manufacturer
Sycamore sells EMP Merchandising to trade
EMP will become a business unit of Warner Music Group's global artist and label services division
360 Capital, P101 exit Musement
Company will be managed as an independent business unit within TUI Destination Experiences
SHS sells EIT to Johnson & Johnson
Sale ends a two-year holding period for the GP's €125m life sciences investment fund, SHS IV Fonds
EMBL sells ViraTherapeutics to trade for €210m
Acquirer signed a collaboration and option agreement with ViraTherapeutics in August 2016
LDC sells BOFA to Donaldson Company in £90m deal
Fume extraction systems designer and manufacturer has doubled its turnover under the GP's tenure
PE-backed IPOs hit nine-year low
Of the 617 European exits so far this year, only 17 have been IPOs, equivalent to 2.7%
Parabellum partially exits Parseq to Kura Group
Parseq's finance and administration division will continue to operate from its existing site
Prime Ventures sells Greetz to trade
Photobox, backed by Exponent Private Equity and Electra Private Equity, buys Greetz
BGF exits MPK Garages
Stratford Retail Group acquired the company as part of its plan to build a group of fuel forecourts
Hg sells Kinapse to Syneos
Divestment of the life sciences consultancy brings to an end a tenure of just two and a half years
DBAG sells Cleanpart to Mitsubishi for 2.4x
Sale is the second realisation from DBAG’s sixth fund after selling Schülerhilfe to Oakley
TA Associates-backed ITRS acquires OP5
ITRS acquires OP5 from previous investors Pod Investment, Industrifonden and SEB Venture Capital
HTGF sells Veodin to VC-backed Templafy
Templafy acquires Veodin for its SlideProof application, an add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint
De Hoge Dennen sells Mybrand to Conclusion
Sale ends a three-year holding period for the investor, which acquired a majority stake in 2015
GMT, VSS sell IT-Ernity to trade
GMT made the original investment from its third fund, a €250m 2007-vintage buyout vehicle
Capvest's Valeo acquires Blackstone-backed Tangerine
Reported deal for the confectionery firm comes eight months after the acquirer made a тЌ100m bolt-on
Diana Capital exits Lumelco
Company plans to use the fresh capital to consolidate its market position and bolster its expansion