Trade sale
Caledonia exits DSE to trade in £242m deal
GP’s exit comes just three years after it acquired DSE in a deal valuing the company at £162m
Sun European to sell mattress retailer Dreams for $475m
Exit comes eight years after the GP acquired the company from its administrators at an estimated price of £35m
Hannover Finanz sells Corporate Planning to ICG's ProAlpha
GP bought a majority stake in the corporate planning software developer in 2017 in a succession solution deal
Mobeus scores 3.3x on Ludlow trade sale
GP sells financial advice business Ludlow Wealth Management to Mattioli Woods for £36m
LDC sells Magicard to trade for £42m
Sale comes five years after LDC backed a £22m management buyout of the compan
Procuritas sells Sofa Company to trade
Deal implies a return of 6x for the GP, a source familiar with the deal told Unquote
Cinven sells Chryso to Saint-Gobain for €1bn
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired the company from LBO France via Cinven VI
Alcedo exits Swisscare to Nahrin
Sale ends a five-year holding period for Alcedo, which acquired a 55% stake in Swisscare from its founders
Lindsay Goldberg sells Schur Flexibles to trade
GP acquired the packaging producer from Capiton in 2016 and will retain a 20% stake in the business
Summa Equity to sell HyTest in €545m trade deal
Company in 2019 recorded SEK 299m in revenues and an adjusted EBITDA of €15m
CVC sells AR Packaging to trade for $1.45bn
CVC Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell portfolio company AR Packaging Group to listed company Graphic Packaging Holding Company for $1.45bn.
EQT sells StormGeo to Alfa Laval in €363m deal
Deal gives the company an enterprise value of NOK 3.6bn (€363m), which is 17.7x its 2020 EBITDA
Varenne sells Pema to VC-backed JobAndTalent
Trade sale comes a decade after the Swedish GP first invested in Pema in 2011
NeoGenomics buys VC-backed Inivata for $390m
Inivata will become a separate business division alongside NeoGenomics' clinical, pharma and informatics units
Inflexion sells Reed & Mackay to trade
Sale of the corporate travel business to US-based TripActions is the GP's fifth exit in six months
KKR sells minority stake in Hensoldt
Leonardo is to buy the 25.1% stake for €606m; KKR will retain an 18% stake in the sensor developer
SHS sells stake in Medigroba to trade
Medical homecare provider Medigroba received significant inbound interest from strategic buyers
Gilde sells Vivera to JBS in €341m deal
Sale includes three manufacturing plants and a research and development centre located in the Netherlands
Electra exits Sentinel Performance Solutions to trade
GP acquired the heating and water systems cleaning and maintenance business in 2011
Altor sells Centralpoint to trade for €425m
GP intends to acquire a stake in acquirer Dustin, which Altor listed in 2015
H2 Equity sells Healthcare 21 to trade
H2 invested in the medical supplies business in 2018, merging it with portfolio company Aquilant
Espiga sells Unica to Hexpol for €48m
Unica's management team stays on with the business and will continue to lead the company
Orienta-led consortium sells Sidac to Lindsay Goldberg's Schur
Sale ends a four-year holding period for the club deal led by Orienta, which acquired Sidac from its parent company Acmar
Endless exits Carpet & Flooring in trade sale
GP acquired the carpet and flooring division of listed building products company SIG in early 2017