Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Essity has put its stake in Vinda under strategic review, the Swedish personal care product maker said in April. Its stake in Vinda is valued at about HK$9.8bil (US$1.3bil), based on the current stock price.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2024

Last month, the company released a regulatory filing divulging stakes in several AI stocks, and investors took notice. This is Nvidia's smallest stake, currently valued at $553,000. This is Nvidia's second-smallest stake, worth nearly $1.7 The stake is currently valued at roughly $10 million.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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 The chief executive at the time resigned to take responsibility for the chaos, after which the board began soliciting bids to take the company private.

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The owners of fund administrator Alter Domus are pursuing the sale of a stake in the Luxembourg-based group that could value it at more than $4.4bn, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The shareholders, which include the company’s founders and buyout firm Permira, have been working with bankers at Goldman Sachs (GS.N)

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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. The company’s current parent Teijin separately said it will sell all of its 58% stake in Infocom for 134.4 The tender offer will amount to 141.4

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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. On Thursday, City sources said that Cinven, another sizeable buyout firm, is also preparing to lodge a bid as part of a formal sale process.

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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 Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Blackstone has withdrawn its bid to acquire a stake in the company holding the media rights to German football’s Bundesliga as opposition from fans to the involvement of foreign private capital reached fever pitch, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

Paramount Global was heading for a rocky start to trading today CNBC reported overnight that Sony Pictures is reconsidering its bid for the business. Stories last week were that Sony and private equity group Apollo planned to sell Paramount’s streaming services and TV channels if their US$26 billion joint bid goes ahead.

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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

JULY 3, 2023

FIS is reportedly considering selling a majority stake in Worldpay to private equity groups. According to the report, which cites a number of unnamed sources, buyout firm Advent, part of the group that once owned Worldpay, is considering a bid. The deal, as reported by the Financial Times, would be worth more than $15bn.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

on Monday after news that private equity firm Triton Partners has acquired a substantial stake in the drug discovery and development specialist ahead of a potential takeover bid for the company, according to a report by Bloomberg. Shares of Germany’s Evotec SE rose by up to 16.2%

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

Sky News has learnt that Focus Group is close to signing a deal to sell a majority stake to Hg Capital, the investor known for its successful bets on software and technology companies. In 2020, the two founders sold a 25% stake to Bowmark Capital, another private equity firm, at a valuation of about £225m.

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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. Enovis Corp, a U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2023

Both American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE: AEL) and Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) are seeing their shares move sharply higher after getting buyout interest from prospective acquirers, and shareholders seem excited about the prospects. With this bid valuing American Equity at $4.3 With this bid valuing American Equity at $4.3

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

India’s Shriram Finance said on Monday it will sell its entire stake in affordable housing finance unit Shriram Housing Finance to U.S. 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

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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 Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. The buyout giant has chased furry deals aggressively over the past decade. Source: AFR Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The deal comes after Abu Dhabi firm Redbird IMI’s bid for UK media company The Telegraph Group stalled as UK regulators start an inquiry this week. Considers Selling Stake in SK Shipping for $10bn South Korean buyout firm Hahn & Co. is reviewing strategic options for its majority stake in. read more Hahn & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Fund VIII will focus on a diversified pool of co-investments alongside top-tier buyout and growth equity sponsors. The investments primarily target North American buyout and growth opportunities. The firm expects to undertake about 50 co-investments, ensuring diversification by vintage year, sponsor and sector/industry.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Macy's (NYSE: M) could reportedly be the target of an acquisition bid, while Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) called a potential deal off. The iconic retailer could be going private, if reports of a takeover bid are correct. The reported value of the bid is $5.8 The reported value of the bid is $5.8

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Private equity buyout giants Silver Lake and Bain Capital are expected to bid for a minority stake in Intel’s Altera unit, the tech major’s programmable chips business acquired for nearly $17bn in 2015, according to a report by Reuters. However, no deal is guaranteed at this point, the sources cautioned.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

stake in the supermarket to existing owners private equity firm TDR Capital, the company said today, in signs the billionaire Issa brothers’ are separating a significant chunk of their close business interests. stake in the supermarket to existing owners. Zuber Issa has exited Asda after selling his 22.5% by TDR Capital, 22.5%

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 3, 2024

Sycamore Partners is one of the buyout equity firms that have expressed interest in taking U.S. Chief Executive Erik Nordstrom and other members of the Nordstrom family collectively own about a 30% stake in the Seattle-based company. department store Nordstrom private, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A listing of CVC is set to be one of the largest-ever from the European buyout industry and could encourage other firms to flock to the public markets, which are starting to reopen after a prolonged period in the doldrums. CVC was valued at around $15bn when it sold a minority stake to Blue Owl Capital Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

last month agreed to buy a minority stake in North American pet retailer PetSmart from BC Partners. A potential sale of Partner in Pet Food comes as Cinven puts the finishing touches on its next flagship buyout fund, for which it has exceeded its €12 billion target, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Advent International has signed a deal to buy payments firm myPOS as part of the London-based buyout group’s latest push into digital payments, director Fabio Cali told Reuters. Advent, which manages $92bn in assets, is behind some of Europe’s largest payments buyouts, including Vantiv, Worldpay, XPLOR, Planet and Nexi (NEXII.MI).

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

EQT was among the buyout firms that were in the final round of bidding for Global Switch, Bloomberg News reported in late 2022. The discussions with prospective suitors ground to a halt later amid tightening financing conditions and lower-than-expected bids, people familiar with the matter have said.

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Financial Times M&A

JUNE 30, 2023

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A standing ovation for Endeavor Silver Lake is planning to make a bid for Endeavor, the massive talent agency run by Ari Emanuel, who was made famous in the HBO series Entourage. Silver Lake already holds a 71% voting stake in Endeavor, making it likely that a deal will go through. and Endeavor Group wasn't one of them!

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A high-stakes clash between private equity titans KKR and Bain Capital over a $4bn buyout of Fuji Soft is reshaping the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Japan, and could become a blueprint for more aggressive dealmaking in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Bain Capital is proposing a $2bn tender offer for nearly half of Fuji Soft’s shares, even without the Japanese IT firm’s board approval, if a competing second-round bid by rival buyout firm KKR fails, according to a report by Reuters. stake in the first round of bidding, despite Bain’s earlier higher offer.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 10, 2024

Let's take a look at what's at stake and what it means for investors. The report noted that Alphabet had met with investment bankers to discuss the size of any potential bid and whether the proposed tie-up would pass muster with regulators. billion buyout of Motorola Mobility in 2012. Image source: Getty Images.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

British private equity firm Apax has beaten off competition from rival buyout firm Bridgepoint to acquire the accounting arm of Evelyn Partners, in a deal valued at around £700m, according to a report by CityWire. While Bridgepoint also pursued the acquisition, it ultimately made a lower bid than Apax, according to the reports.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 12, 2023

Thoma Bravo, a buyouts group that specialises in software deals and manages $127bn in assets, is set to receive a multibillion-dollar windfall from the sale. Thoma Bravo is set to receive $5.75bn in cash from Nasdaq and an equity stake of about 15 per cent in the company, worth nearly $5bn at current prices. “We

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AltAssets

JANUARY 26, 2024

per share for a 22% stake in Applus, just below the €9.75 per share bid by I Squared Capital and TDR Capital. Apollo Global Management has upped its offer for Spanish industrial testing company Applus Services to value the business at up to €300m. Apollo previously offered €9.50 Apollo’s new offer is €10.65

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