Trade sale
Erhvervsinvest sells Damolin to French industrial
Danish mineral products maker is sold to listed French buyer after six years
Clessidra partially exits Buccellati in €230m EV trade sale
Following a turbulent year, the GP scores its fourth exit of 2016 by divesting its 85% stake
VSS divests Thomsons to Marsh & McLennan
Sale of the HR software company comes three years after the GP first invested in the business
Deal in Focus: Astorg sells Kerneos to Imerys for €880m
Sale of the specialised chemicals company follows a three-year holding period in which the group invested in new ventures and made bolt-ons
Lyceum sells Clearswift via trade sale
GP has fully exited the business after five-year holding period
Exponent to sell Immediate Media to Hubert Burda
Deal would value the UK media company at £260-275m, according to media reports
Epiris sells Innovia to CCL in CAD 1.13bn deal
Sale of the banknote substrate supplier comes shortly after Epiris's £1.35bn exit from Parkdean
Advent exits Bulgarian group Devin in trade sale
Transaction sees company valued at €120m and is expected to close in Q1 2017
EQT exits BSN Medical in €2.74bn trade sale
EQT had acquired the group from Montagu Private Equity in 2012 for €1.82bn
Stirling Square sells ESE World to RPC for €262.5m
Exit comes one year after the GP refinanced the waste container manufacturer in a €90m deal
Nazca sells Biogran to Wassanen for €67m
GP has fully exited its investment in the business after an 18-month holding period
Astorg sells Kerneos to Imerys for €880m
Entreprise value represents an 8.8x EBITDA multiple and is expected to close in summer 2017
SEP and Albion Ventures exit Exco InTouch
Venture capital firms originally invested in the company in 2011 and 2014 respectively
Quaestus sells Metronet to Telekom Austria
Fund manager Quaestus exits its stake in the Croatian business after an eight-year holding period
SVP partially exits Jeyes to Henkel
GP sells Jeyes, Parozone and Bloo brands to trade buyer after five-year tenutre, but retains control of Easy
Cinven sells HEG to GoDaddy in €1.69bn deal
Deal sees €605m returned to vendors and values web services provider at 11x its 2016 EBITDA
Seventure sells MinuteBuzz shares to TF1
French media group TF1 has acquired a shareholding of more than 50% in the group
Polaris in €91m Avanti Wind trade sale
Exit by Danish GP was made to listed Swedish industrial business Alimak Group
EQT reaps 3.2x on Automic sale
GP exits the company after a four-year holding period in a deal valuing the business at €600m
Maven reaps 5x on £23.3m Nenplas sale to Surteco
Exit comes four years after the plastic extrusion company demerged from its tile accessories division
Phoenix sells Karmarama to Accenture
Deal marks the GP's third exit of the year, following the sales of Palletways and Edif
BGF sells APSU to CSI Group
Deal comes two years after the GP's investment and follows expansion into the US market
YFM, 3i sell Go Outdoors to JD Sports in £128.3m deal
Exit comes 18 years after YFM's initial investment and five years after 3i's
SEP's Skyscanner sold to Ctrip in £1.4bn deal
Sale of so-called EUnicorn values the travel search engine at around 70x its 2015 EBITDA