Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Global private equity firm KKR has acquired a 35% stake in Japan-based software developer Fuji Soft after completing the first stage of its two-part buyout tender offer, Fuji Soft announced on Wednesday, according to a report by Reuters. Major investors 3D Investment Partners and Farallon Capital, who together hold a 32.7%

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical has agreed to sell its pharmaceutical subsidiary, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, to US private equity firm Bain Capital in a deal valued at JPY510bn ($3.36bn) as part of a broader effort to streamline its portfolio.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

A growing number of private equity giants are considering new ways of exiting their portfolio companies — from private IPOs to selling their stakes to rivals – as they hunt for ways to return cash to investors, according to one of Europe’s largest buyout firms.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Blackstone launched a $1.74bn bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, Infocom said on Tuesday. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Two major private equity firms, KKR and CVC, have submitted bids exceeding €3bn for B&B Hotels, a French budget hotel chain that was founded in Brest, Brittany in 1990, and has since expanded to 17 European countries, according to a report by the Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Private equity firm Thomas H. THL prevailed in an auction for the company over other private equity firms because its bid was favoured by Standish’s management, which currently holds a roughly 45% stake in the business, one of the sources said. read more The post Buyout firm Thomas H.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Sources said Ramsay – which has a market value of almost $12bn and 74 hospitals and clinics around the country – submitted a non-binding indicative bid to sell-side adviser Citi earlier this month. Sources cautioned there was no certainty Ramsay’s indicative bid would progress to a binding offer, nor that a signed deal would materialise.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Tokyo-based firm presently ranks as the 10th-largest staffing provider in the world and currently trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The transaction is styled as a management buyout with the backing of US-based Bain Capital Private Equity. will go private in a deal announced today.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

Private equity firm Arcline Investment Management proposed to buy Circor International (CIR.N) billion including debt on Wednesday, topping a rival bid from KKR & Co (KKR.N) Arcline’s bidding war with KKR had already forced the latter to sweeten its deal with Circor to $1.7 billion from $1.6

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2023

is leading a €950m ($1bn) loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, people with knowledge of the matter said. trillion private credit market is increasingly winning out over bank syndicates that had traditionally financed large buyouts with leveraged loans. Blackstone Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Epiris, a British-based buyout firm and Newlat, an Italian food manufacturer are vying for control of Princes Foods, one of Britain’s biggest tinned produce brands. Read more Epiris and Newlat Clash in £400m Bidding War for Princes Foods Epiris, a British-based buyout firm and Newlat, an Italian food manufacturer are vying for control.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

The London-based private equity firm was in the second stage of bidding for WGSN, which has a price tag of 800 million pounds ($1.02 media group Hearst Communications also abandoned plans to pursue a bid, one of the sources and a fourth source familiar with the matter said. billion), they said. read more H.I.G.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

read more The post Bain Capital, CVC Capital Partners and DCP Capital Move Ahead in the Bidding for Essity’s Majority Stake In Vinda International Holdings Valued around $2.4bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Private equity fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc.’s paves the way for a ¥2 trillion ($13.5bn) buyout that would end the electronics group’s 74-year-long run as a listed entity. and other banks financing the buyout via ¥1.2 s successful tender offer for Toshiba Corp. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Private equity firms Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Permira have made a bid to acquire French cybersecurity specialist Exclusive Networks, in a deal that values the company at approximately €2.2bn ($2.4bn), according to a report by Bloomberg. The binding offer is for €24.25 The binding offer is for €24.25

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Read more Bain Capital, CVC Capital Partners and DCP Capital Move Ahead in the Bidding for Essity AB’s Majority Stake In Tissue Maker Vinda International Holdings Which Has a Value of $2.4bn Suzano SA, the world’s largest producer of hardwood pulp, and several private equity firms are.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Blackstone launched a $1.74bn bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, Infocom said on Tuesday. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The GXO buyout equation The news of a potential sale comes as a surprise as GXO has been growing through acquisitions, and seemed set to continue that strategy after bringing Clipper Logistics, PFSweb, and Wincanton into the fold over the last three years. On Thursday, investors were greeted by news that GXO could sell itself.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

billion) from the sale of a construction subsidiary to its major shareholder, in a buyout deal that would help it cut debt and pay a special dividend. That would make the deal Hong Kong’s largest since private equity firm EQT (EQTAB.ST) paid $7.4 is mulling the sale of $2 billion in private equity.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg. Lending limits have also increased.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Surprisingly, private equity firms are at the forefront of this trend, investing heavily in solar, wind, biomass, and other renewables. In 2023, private equity and venture capital transactions in the global renewable energy sector nearly reached $15 billion. The statistics underscore this movement.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The private equity backer of Six Nations Rugby is drawing up plans for a £1.5bn bid for Audiotonix, the British-based manufacturer of equipment used by bands such as Coldplay. Sky News has learnt that CVC Capital Partners is among the private equity firms examining offers for the Chessington-based company.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Private equity firm TPG Capital’s $1.8bn buyout offer for InvoCare, Australia’s largest funeral homes and crematoria operator, has garnered regulatory approval and the endorsement of an independent expert. The board of directors has unanimously backed the TPG offer, provided no higher bid emerges.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners is poised to sign on the dotted line to acquire one of Australia’s largest veterinary chains, VetPartners. Street Talk can reveal EQT dealmakers, Frank Heckes and David Forde, have agreed terms with sell-side adviser Jefferies and the buyout firm has been anointed preferred bidder.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

After a media report stated that several potential acquirers are circling around the company, market players bid the shares up by just under 5% on the day. The article's sources said that these are not guaranteed to lead to a buyout. Bloomberg also reached out to the two named private equity firms, but both declined to comment.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

US private equity firm Silver Lake has secured over 85% of the share capital and voting rights of Software AG, the second biggest Germany-based provider of business software after SAP. A press note from Software AG put its total share in the firm at 85.1%; an equivalent note from Silver Lake put it at 87%.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

According to a letter sent to Fuji Softs board on Monday, the US private equity firm is urging Fuji Soft to seek an injunction in order to stop Bain Capitals alleged violation of an NDA. However, it will continue with the (now hostile) bid for Fuji Soft.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The private equity firm is interviewing banks as it considers a potential sale or listing of the Develier, Switzerland-based business, the people said. Read more Apollo Set to Make $6.26bn Bid for UK’s Pension Insurance Corporation Private equity firm Apollo Global (APO.N) Carlyle Group Inc.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Disagreements over valuations have been a barrier for buyout firms attempting to exit their portfolio companies, according to a report by Bloomberg, which cites an Ares Management (Ares) executive speaking at this year’s IPEM in Cannes. He said: “There’s a bid/ask spread, and people just wait for better days.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Veritiv on Monday agreed to be bought by private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) in a $2.3bn deal that would take the packaging firm private. read more The post CD&R to Take Packaging Firm Veritiv Private in $2.3bn Deal appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

private equity firm Warburg Pincus in a deal valued at $554.59m. It also bought the stake in the unit held by private equity firm Valiant Partners. read more Blackstone-led consortium bids Haldiram Snacks at $8.5 Shriram Finance will receive a minimum of 39.10

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nexi SpA jumped as much as 19% after people with knowledge of the matter said CVC Capital Partners is in the early stages of considering a potential bid for European payments firm. The buyout group has been evaluating Nexi for some time, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Surprisingly, private equity firms are at the forefront of this trend, investing heavily in solar, wind, biomass, and other renewables. In 2023, private equity and venture capital transactions in the global renewable energy sector nearly reached $15 billion. The statistics underscore this movement.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

buyout firms Veritas Capital and Platinum Equity are vying to acquire Jacobs Solutions Inc’s (J.N) government consulting business, competing against rival contractor Amentum, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 29, 2024

Private equity firms Advent International and CVC Capital are teaming up to launch a joint bid to acquire Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a European animal food brand owned by Cinven, which is seeking around €2bn for the business, according to a report by The Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Others eyeing The Body Shop are thought to include private equity firm Epiris and Elliott Advisors, which owns Waterstones, according to Sky News Once deemed a trailblazer, The Body Shop has become the latest High Street chain to struggle.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

The private equity firm is in the early stages of exploring a sale of the Hungary-based pet food manufacturer, which could be valued at more than €2bn ($2.2bn), according to one of the people. The private equity firm acquired the business in 2018. Cinven has picked Bank of America Corp.

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