Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Australian vehicle leasing and management company SG Fleet has entered exclusive negotiations with Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) following a takeover proposal from the private equity firm that values the company at around AUD1.2bn (US780.1m). to 12% decline from the previous fiscal year.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Craigs Investment Partners, a New Zealand wealth management firm, has reached a conditional agreement with global private equity firm TA Associates for a strategic investment. The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2025. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 27, 2025

We focus on building companies for the long-term, with a focus on doing the right thing for its customers, employees and shareholders. One Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe. billion.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2025

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe, has completed a majority investment in industrial automation and robotics company Comau,making Stellantis an active minority shareholder.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 11, 2025

The private equity firm, along with Amplitudes management and minority shareholders, will sell 85.6% of the business at 6.25 per sharean 80.6% premium over the last closing price. Amplitude Surgical, a specialist in lower-limb orthopedic technology, has seen significant growth under PAIs ownership.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Private equity firms have entered the National Football League (NFL) ownership arena for the first time, with Ares Management acquiring a 10% stake in the Miami Dolphins and an Arctos Sports Partners-led investor group acquiring a minority stake in the Buffalo Bills, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The New York-based private equity firm, which focuses on middle-market buyouts and growth investments, first backed Simple Mills in October 2019, becoming its largest shareholder. The deal marks the end of Vestars five-year investment in the company, during which it played a pivotal role in scaling the brands growth.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The private equity firms aim to refinance or reprice Adevintas existing 4.5bn debt and may raise an additional 2bn, potentially for a shareholder dividend, according to sources familiar with the matter. The firms acquired Adevinta in 2023 in one of Europes largest leveraged buyouts backed by private credit.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

IK Small Cap II Fund, a fund owned and managed by European private equity firm IK Partners, has agreed to sell its stake in GeoDynamics, a Belgian software firm focused on solutions for Human Resources finance professionals, to Blinqx. Both Stijn and Peter will also become co-shareholders in Blinqx.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The funds stake, along with those of co-investors and other selling shareholders, has been acquired by Beltone Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Egypt-listed Beltone Holding.

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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% per share.

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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 Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

UK-based European private equity firm TDR Capital has made a majority investment in CorpAcq, a business acquisition compounder based in Altrincham, UK, which specialises in investment in UK SMEs with a focus on industrial products and services. CorpAcq shareholders were advised by UBS and Reed Smith.

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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 Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

US radio giant iHeartMedia is lined up for a $100m windfall from the sale of BMI to a shareholder group led by New Mountain Capital. Last week we learned that private equity firm New Mountain Capital (NMC) will “lead a shareholder group” to acquire a majority stake in BMI.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2024

See the 10 stocks Going private with a private equity player? 11 report was published by The Wall Street Journal , which wrote that Walgreens management is in discussions with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to take itself private.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

CDP Equity (CDPE), a subsidiary of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group (CDP), and Trilantic Europe, a prominent pan-European private equity firm, have jointly acquired a majority stake in Diagram Group, an Italian agritech innovator.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Private equity firm KSL said on Monday it intends to buy Hersha Hospitality Trust , the owner of 25 U.S. The move would take private Hersha at an approximately 60% premium to the real-estate investment trust’s closing stock price on Friday. The deal is slated to close by year-end after shareholders okay the move.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

German private equity firm has completed its sixth exit of the year with the successful stock market debut of portfolio company, Steyr Motors, in the Scale segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 4X0. As part of the private placement, B&C Holding Österreich GmbH (B&C Group) acquired a 9.9%

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 6, 2025

Coalesce Capital (Coalesce), a private equity firm focused on investing in business services companies, has completed a majority growth recapitalisation in executive compensation and leadership consultancy, Pearl Meyer & Partners (Pearl Meyer). Ropes & Gray served as legal advisor to Coalesce Capital.

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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 Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and BC Partners have joined forces to agree a deal to acquire GFL Environmentals Environmental Services business at an enterprise value of CAD8bn ($5.59bn). The remaining funds, up to CAD2.25bn, are earmarked for opportunistic share repurchases, enhancing shareholder value.

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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.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Japanese IT company Fuji Soft’s founding family has reaffirmed its support for a takeover proposal by private equity firm Bain Capital, despite opposition from Fuji Soft’s board, according to a report by Reuters citing a jointly released statement with Bain. KKR, supported by the Fuji Soft board, secured 33.9%

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

US private equity firm 777 Partners has transferred ownership of Italy’s oldest football club, Genoa, to Romanian businessman Dan Sucu, but will retain a minority shareholding, according to a report by Reuters. Sucu now controls 77% after underwriting a capital hike of around 45m ($42m).

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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 Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Following the acquisition, private equity firms MBK Partners and TPG, WTTs former owners, became shareholders in HKBN. The two private equity investors are now looking to exit the company through the ongoing buyout process, according to separate sources.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 17, 2024

US private equity firm Francisco Partners will become a co-controlling shareholder in Orisha, a European vertical software company based in France, investing in the business alongside TA Associates, Orisha’s majority shareholder since 2021, as well as company management.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 7, 2023

Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund, the largest 1940 Act real estate interval fund in the industry as measured by net assets, announced it has paid total distributions to shareholders exceeding $1 billion since its inception in 2012. The significant milestone comes after the Fund recently paid its 42nd consecutive quarterly distribution.

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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). Shareholders have been offered $18.15 Qualtrics said that it expects the transaction to close in the second half of 2023, after which it will be a fully private company once more.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Supermicro is reportedly approaching private equity firms to see if they are interested in investing in the company. On the other hand, selling more stock would have a diluting impact for existing shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2023

These deals enable companies to unlock the value of their real estate while providing them with the capital they can use to repay debt, expand their operations, or fund cash returns to shareholders. The company should see more opportunities to complete deals as private equity firms utilize this funding source to close transactions.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Bain Capital is moving closer toward a potential takeover of data centre operator Chindata Group Houp Talks between private equity firm Bain and Chindata’s board, which is evaluating an $8 per ADS offer from Bain, are now centred on determining a valuation, according to a Bloomberg report on Sunday, which cited people familiar with the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Toshiba Corp is considering a $20 billion offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance. Other deals by the private equity firm include the $1.5

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

Sometimes, a generous dividend yield comes from a thriving company eager to share its surplus cash profits with shareholders. The dividend history doesn't really matter in this case, because private investor group Sycamore Partners is taking Walgreens off the public market soon. Dividends can be tricky. Sycamore will pay $11.45

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Private credit accounted for about 17 per cent of total credit last year and has increased by 14 per cent each year since 2000, about twice the rate of public credit, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 8, 2024

Terran Orbital's board viewed that bid as undervaluing the company, and responded by adopting a temporary "poison pill " shareholder rights plan that halted Lockheed's effort, allowing it time to consider its options. Investors appear to be hoping for a sweetened bid from Lockheed Martin to get the deal done.

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