Trade sale
French VCs exit RSI Video in trade sale to Honeywell
A Plus Finance and Galileo Partners were among the backers of a funding round in 2009
Chequers nets 50% IRR on €275m Metabo exit
Chequers Capital made a cash-on-cash return just below 5x on sale of tool producer Metabo
Octopus sells Vision Direct
Octopus had been invested in the company since 2009 and supported several bolt-ons
Bain sells Brakes for $3.1bn
Bain Capital has exited UK-based food service distributor after eight-year holding
MBO Partenaires exits 21% Edouard Denis stake
Real estate group was one of the last assets remaining in the GP’s fully invested €150m second fund
Core makes 2.4x on PDP Couriers trade sale
Exit is first for GPтs second fund and comes eight years after investing in PDP
Syntegra et al. exit AML to Johnsons Electric for €65m
Trade sale comes six years after the GPs carved out the business from Valeo
MBO and Arkéa offload Sira in trade sale
Exit comes almost eight years after both GPs bought a joint 40% stake in the business
VR exits Janz IT to ACP
VR Equitypartner sells its stake in IT service Janz to ACP in a trade sale
BGF in swift exit from Plastique
Business Growth Fund had bought a minority stake in the business for ТЃ5m in mid-2014
Accel, Octopus, Index exit SwiftKey in $250m Microsoft deal
US technology conglomerate continues European acquisitions with deal reportedly worth тЌ250m
Permira sells Creganna for $895m
All-cash transaction with TE Connectivity awards Permira a 3.4x return multiple
Vaaka sells Finnish roofer to Sentica's Hämeen Laaturemontti
Exit comes five years after Vaaka's acquisition and two years after Sentica backed HУЄmeen Laaturemontti
Vespa offloads WSP Textiles
Vespa first backed Stroud-based billiard table upholterer in 2011
Investcorp in €1bn exit of Icopal to GAF
Danish roofing materials maker had been an IPO candidate before the trade sale to GAF materialised
Gores sells Unify to Atos for €366m
The transaction was leveraged with €48m, with Unify's enterprise value standing at €590m
Palatine sells Selection for £34.8m
Palatine backed Selection's ТЃ15m MBO in December 2011, investing via its first fund
Montefiore exits 27% Demos stake in trade sale
Third asset to be exited from the GP's €120m, fully invested second fund
Omnes exits 55% SLG Recycling stake to Derichebourg
Sale comes seven years after GP created SLG Recycling group via dual merger
Onex exits KraussMaffei to ChemChina for €925m
German plastics machinery producer reported revenues of €1.1bn for 2014
Highlander sells Poland's Medi-system to Orpea
GP exits 50% stake in Polish care provider to Paris-listed trade buyer Orpea
Advent in £1.5bn Priory Group exit
Advent, which had owned Priory since 2011, will receive a mix of cash and shares
Highlander sells ZREW to CGS-owned R&S Group
US GP sells Polish company to PE-owned Swiss group
WestBridge nets 4.3x on Aero Stanrew trade sale
WestBridge Capital backed the ТЃ8.5m MBO of the business in 2012, exits at ТЃ42m EV