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Trade sale

Biotech drug discovery companies
EQT's Cerba buys Lifebrain from Investindustrial

Parties agreed on a price of more than EUR 1bn, with exclusivity awarded last week

  • Exits
  • 21 July 2021
Asti's founders and lead product
Keensight exits Asti Mobile Robotics to trade

GP bought a stake in the autonomous mobile robots developer in 2019 via its 2014-vintage fourth fund

  • Exits
  • 20 July 2021
Biotech drug discovery companies
Investindustrial's Lifebrain nears sale to Cerba HealthCare

Parties are in final-stage talks, with signing set to take place in the next couple of days

  • Exits
  • 20 July 2021
Paint tins and brushes
Advent sells Allnex to PTTGC International

Trade sale values the Benelux-based coating resins business at EUR 4bn (12x EBITDA)

  • Exits
  • 12 July 2021
Car painting
Graphite Capital sells U-Pol in £428m trade sale

GP first bought the business in 2002, exiting in 2005 before acquiring it again in 2010

  • Exits
  • 08 July 2021
PVC doors and windows
HIG sells Weru to trade

Sale comes more than seven years after HIG acquired the windows and doors producer from Triton

  • Exits
  • 06 July 2021
Cybersecurity firms
Ashridge scores 1,439% IRR on Marclay after four-month hold

Ashridge invested in the UK-based cybersecurity and incident response firm in February

  • Exits
  • 05 July 2021
Wine delivery services
CapMan exits Solera Beverage Group to trade

Exit comes a decade after CapMan acquired a majority stake in Solera alongside co-investors and the management

  • Exits
  • 02 July 2021
Nicotine gum
EQT to sell Fertin Pharma to Philip Morris

EQT exits the company four years after it acquired a 70% stake in it from the founding Bagger-Sørensen family

  • Exits
  • 01 July 2021
Higher education students
Oakley to sell majority stake in Ace Education to trade

Exit will generate a gross return on investment of nearly 2.1x money and around 27% IRR for Oakley Capital Private Equity III

  • Exits
  • 28 June 2021
Healthcare software
Hg, Vista Equity Partners to sell Allocate to trade

Sources told Mergermarket in May that the company could fetch a valuation of around £1bn

  • Exits
  • 28 June 2021
Shutters and blinds
Cross Equity, Pinova sell Rademacher to trade

GPs acquired the Germany-based smart home systems business in 2014 from Nord Holding

  • Exits
  • 25 June 2021
Speedboats and outboard motors
Altor, Goldman Sachs sell Navico to trade in €880m deal

Altor exits the company 15 years after creating the company by merging Simrad Yachting and Lowrance Electronics

  • Exits
  • 25 June 2021
Curtains and associated textiles
Graphite Capital sells Performance Timber to trade

Acquisition by Bergs Timber values the company at SEK 140m and ends a 12-year holding period

  • Exits
  • 24 June 2021
Financial advisers and investment managers
Epiris sells Saunderson House in £150m trade sale

GP acquired IFG Group in 2019, subsequently splitting it into Saunderson House and James Hay

  • Exits
  • 24 June 2021
Radio communications tower
Priveq sells Scanmast to trade buyer for €24m

As part of the acquisition, Scanmast CEO Ann-Charlotte Andersson also acquires shares

  • Exits
  • 23 June 2021
Housemates and flat shares
Accent exits kitchenware retailer Cervera in sale to trade

Under Accent's ownership, the company's revenues increased by more than 70%, and EBITDA nearly tripled

  • Exits
  • 23 June 2021
Computer training and IT education
FPE sells Questionmark to trade, nets 3.5x money

FPE acquired the assessment software in 2016 and has sold it to Battery Ventures' Learnosity

  • Exits
  • 17 June 2021
Cybersecurity software
YFM scores 6.5x on Deep Secure exit

Deal shortly follows the 6x exit of YFM's FourNet stake to Palatine Private Equity

  • Exits
  • 16 June 2021
Bearings for vehicles and factory machines
Silverfleet exits Coventya in €420m sale, nets 2.5x money

Trade sale comes five years after Silverfleet acquired the metal finishing business from Equistone

  • Exits
  • 11 June 2021
Italian shoe designer Sergio Rossi
Investindustrial sells Sergio Rossi to Chinese fashion group Fosun

Sale ends a six-year holding period for the GP, which acquired the company from Kering via Investindustrial V

  • Exits
  • 11 June 2021
Hunting accessories and equipment
Verdane sells Hyma to trade in €159m deal

Deal represents an IRR of more than 50% for Verdane, and will be the GP's first realisation from Verdane Edda I

  • Nordics
  • 11 June 2021
Pharmaceuticals
Exponent sells BBI Healthcare to trade

BBI Healthcare is the consumer products division of BBI Group, which the GP has owned since 2015

  • Exits
  • 07 June 2021
Jammy Dodgers
OTPP sells Burton’s Biscuits to Ferrero

Exit reportedly values Burton's at £300m; it is the 20th food production and retail exit of 2021

  • Exits
  • 02 June 2021
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