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

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Investor discussions intensified after multiple bid vehicles, including Pug Bidco Limited, were registered on February 24. These entities share an address with BC Partners London office, and their listed director matches the name of Michael Chang, the firms New York-based co-head of healthcare. Read more here. Read more here.

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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 Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A consortium led by Mubadala Capital-backed private equity firm Fortress Investment Group and BlackRock is among several parties evaluating bids for Viridium Group, a German life insurance consolidator, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Three private equity groups are reportedly all set to make their binding bids for Gautam Adani’s six-year-old shadow bank, Adani Capital. Adani Capital was planning on an initial public offering (IPO) in 2024 to raise Rs 1,500 crore, and offering a 2 per cent stake. Source: Business Today Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

French payments company Worldline (WLN.PA) is attracting early-stage takeover interest from private equity firms, including Bain Capital, as it faces a challenging period of falling share prices, profit warnings, and leadership changes, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

US private equity firm KKR is reportedly considering selling its majority stake in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu, in a deal estimated to be worth several hundred billion yen (equivalent to several billion dollars), according to a report from the Nikkei business daily on Tuesday.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

The founders of a business telecoms and IT services provider are on the brink of toasting a nine-figure windfall after entering advanced talks to sell it to one of Britain’s leading private equity firms. It was unclear on Wednesday whether Bowmark would roll over its stake as part of the deal.

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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. Representatives for Apax, Evelyn Partners, and Bridgepoint have not yet commented on the deal.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Additional private equity firms may join, potentially driving up valuations. The company aims to finalise the sale by late 2025 while keeping a 10% stake, valued at 1.3bn ($1.4bn), according to JP Morgan analysts. While JSW Group is taking a cautious approach, Berger Paints has exited, citing high costs.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

.” The aggregate value of private equity deals plunged 44% to $302.7bn in the first eight months of 2023 from a year earlier, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, the lowest level for the first eight months of a year since 2019. Source: VCCiRCLE Can’t stop reading? s successful tender offer for Toshiba Corp.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A consortium led by private equity firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus has made a HKD55.19bn ($7.09bn) bid to take Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm ESR Group private, according to a report by Reuters citing a company announcement on Wednesday. The offer represents a 55.7%

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 23, 2023

The business, which owns book retailers Foyle’s and Waterstones, has reportedly said it would be interested in buying Reiss for upwards of £500m from Next and its other shareholder private equity firm Warburg Pincus, Sky News reported. Source: Drapers Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Prima Assicurazioni, an insurance start-up backed by some of the world’s largest private equity firms, is seeking indicative offers this week to bring in a new minority investor and raise fresh cash, two people close to the matter told Reuters. sports Source: Reuters Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 16, 2023

PAI Partners has made a binding offer for a majority stake in Naxicap Partners-owned hospitality equipment and consumables business ECF Group. Read more Hidden River Strategic Capital concludes its inaugural fund at $245m Hidden River Strategic Capital, a Philadelphia-based investment firm, announced that its inaugural.

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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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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

AUGUST 30, 2024

Private equity firm Blackstone Inc. billion) to back its bid for Australian data center operator AirTrunk, people familiar with the matter said. agreeing to acquire a 20% stake in Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.’s agreed to buy a Permian Basin rival and a controlling stake in. billion ($3.7

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2023

Mexican Coca-Cola bottler Femsa is in talks to sell a US packaging and food services business to private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Kelso & Co. Kelso would do the deal through portfolio company BradyIFS, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.

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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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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 11, 2023

KKR has preliminarily agreed to grant Italy’s Finance Ministry a stake of up to 20% in Telecom Italia’s fixed-network unit and give it a say in strategic decisions as part of the private-equity group’s bid for the so-called Netco business. billion (US$950m) equity. billion (US$950m) equity.

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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

JULY 12, 2024

billion), a third person familiar with the matter said, with the two bidders now in direct competition following the withdrawal of private equity firms such as KKR. read more The post Engie and CDPQ Team Up with €4bn Bid for UK’s Electricity North West Against Iberdrola appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2023

private equity fund KKR announced on Thursday a full takeover bid for Portuguese renewable energy company Greenvolt (GVOLT.LS) that values the firm at 1.16 billion euros, after signing agreements to secure a controlling stake. A unit of U.S. Gamma Lux said in a statement it was offering 8.3 million euros.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

billion all-cash offer from private equity firm Silver Lake and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). The deal has been financed substantively by “equity commitments” from Silver Lake and “co-investors,” with CPP Investments contributing $1.75 billion in equity and $1 billion in debt.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

In the latest round of declaring their newly renewed everlasting love, EY recently rejected a bid from private equity giant TPG to take a stake in the consulting business and complete the firm's now-scrapped divorce, according to a report Wednesday from the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

I Squared Capital is considering selling a minority stake in Think Gas Distribution Pvt. The private equity firm is working with an adviser to sell as much as a 30% stake in Think Gas, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Disney has been exploring options to sell or find a partner for its India assets, Reuters reported in July, and has held talks with billionaires Gautam Adani and Sun TV Network-owner Kalanithi Maran as well as private equity firm Blackstone, according to various media reports. company’s Indian business, Bloomberg reported.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Indian conglomerate Tata Group-owned Tata Consumer Products is reportedly in talks to acquire stakes in snack maker Haldiram’s. According to a Reuters report, Tata Consumer Products wants to acquire at least a 51% stake in the brand. The snack maker reportedly demanded a $10bn valuation, to which Tata said the ask is “very high”.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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. Read more Goldman Sachs Raises $15bn to Buy Stakes in Private Equity Funds Goldman Sachs' asset management arm said two funds have closed, raising more than $15bn for funds.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Investcorp, the Middle East’s biggest alternative asset manager, acquired a 50% stake in New York-based private equity firm Corsair Capital’s $4.8bn infrastructure business. As part of the deal a new entity jointly owned by Bahrain-based Investcorp and Corsair Capital was set up, the firms said in a statement on Monday.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Private equity firm MBK Partners has teamed with Young Poong Corp, the largest shareholder of Korea Zinc Co, to launch a joint tender offer to acquire a controlling stake in the world’s leading refined zinc producer, valuing the company at KRW13.7tn won ($10.3bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

Landmark Management has sold a 40% stake to Rosemont to help the firm’s founder execute an internal succession plan. Private equity firm Rosemont Investment Group has acquired a 40% stake in Landmark Management, a New York-based multi-family office that oversees about $4.5bn in non-discretionary client assets.

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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 Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Private equity firms, including PAI Partners and Bain Capital, are evaluating potential bids for Nestls water business, which could be valued at 5bn ($5.38bn) or more, according to a report by Reuters. Nestl may opt to retain a stake in the business as part of any transaction, the report added.

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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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