
Dunedin acquires Weldex for £100m
Dunedin Capital Partners has completed a £100m secondary buyout on crawler crane hire company Weldex.
NVM Private Equity had invested £600,000 in the company in 1996. It will receive £3.7m in cash, £3.2m in unsecured loan notes, and retain a 5% stake in the company. The total proceeds for NVM represent a money multiple of 13.3x and an IRR of 25% per annum.
Founded in 1979, Weldex operates around 100 cranes, including two of the UK's biggest. It posted a £7.89m EBIT for 2009.
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