Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, aims to strike a deal by end-March for the sale of its 24% stake worth 184.2 Japanese lender Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and Dubai-based Emirates NBD (ENBD.DU) are in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Yes Bank, two of these sources said. billion rupees ($2.2

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Aston Martin F1 team sells stake to private equity firm at $1bn valuation. While exact figures have not been disclosed, Aston Martin has reported on the eve of the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix that Arctos Partners has acquired a “minority shareholding in AMR Holdings GP Limited, the team’s holding company”.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Café bar chain Joe & the Juice has secured an agreement with private equity firm General Atlantic which will see the firm hold a majority stake in the company. The US private equity firm is thought to value the business at $600m (£489.1m), including debt.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 5, 2024

Azimut will sell all of its stake in private credit fund Kennedy Lewis to Goldman Sachs’ private equity unit Petershill Partners. Read more BC Partners sells IT group Presidio to CD&R in $4bn deal UK private investment firm BC Partners has agreed to sell Presidio, a provider of IT services to.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 8, 2024

Private asset manager Bridgepoint has exited its majority investment in sports nutrition company Vitamin Well with a sale to international private equity firm Cinven, which is now the company’s largest shareholder and lead investor. Bridgepoint will retain a significant minority shareholding in Vitamin Well.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

KKR initially acquired about 60% of Global Atlantic in February 2021 in a transaction valuing the retirement and life insurance company at roughly $4.7bn, joining other private equity firms in acquiring stakes in annuities providers. The strategy has about $35 billion of assets, including $6.5bn on KKR’s balance sheet.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Private equity firm PAI Partners is to acquire sport and wellness platform Nutripure from global private investment firm Ardian, through its PAI Mid-Market Fund. Upon completion, PAI will be the majority shareholder with a controlling stake, alongside the founders and Bpifrance.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital will sell its minority stake in OneStock, a European order management system SaaS provider, to private investment firm Summit Partners. Silverfleet and the selling shareholders were advised by Alantra and Hogan Lovells.

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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

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 6, 2024

US private equity firm Carlyle’s Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund will acquire an 82.5% stake in London Southend Airport, a subsidiary of aviation group Esken, formerly Stobart Group, in an agreement to settle £193.75m in debt, with London-based private equity firm Cyrus Capital Partners providing liquidity to Esken.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Software focused private investment firm Thoma Bravo is aiming to raise up to $2.74bn by selling approximately half of its current shareholding in Nasdaq Inc as it looks to reduce its stake in the business acquired during a transaction last year, according to a report by Bloomberg. However, it has agreed to buy back 1.2

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Li Chaowang, Vinda’s founder and second-largest shareholder, is also considering teaming up with a bidder for the firm, they said, which has a market value of around $2.4bn. 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 16, 2024

Swedish investment firm EQT AB (EQTAB.ST) , opens new tab will acquire PropertyGuru (PGRU.N) , opens new tab in an all-cash deal, valuing the Singapore-based online real estate platform at $1.1 As part of the deal, PropertyGuru’s shareholders will receive $6.70 apiece, a 7% premium to the firm’s last close on Thursday.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will buy a 10% stake in London Heathrow Airport as part of a shareholder reshuffle, becoming a partial owner in one of Europe’s busiest airports alongside the Qatar Investment Authority. The fund is buying the stake as Spain’s Ferrovial sells down its 25% holding. Each has a stake below 13%.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Marco Patuano, Cellnex CEO, commented: “The early closing of the sale of a minority stake in our Nordic business marks another significant step forward in our goal to attain investment grade ratings.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

private equity firm Platinum Equity Advisors LLC in a deal valued at $1.35 The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and shareholder approvals, is expected to close before the end of the company’s current financial year on March 31, 2025.

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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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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Trilantic Europe, a European private equity firm with a dedicated energy transition strategy, has acquired a 60% stake in AEROCOMPACT Group, a supplier of solar mounting solutions specialising in the development, production and distribution of substructures for mounting photovoltaic modules.

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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. Naxicap would remain a minority shareholder following the deal for ECF, which has annual revenues of about €760m.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Li Chaowang, Vinda’s founder and second-largest shareholder, is also considering teaming up with a bidder for the firm, they said, which has a market value of around $2.4bn. Its stake in Vinda is valued at about HK$9.8bil (US$1.3bil), based on the current stock price. parent company of the Pollo Tropical® restaurant brand, and.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

Private equity firm Blackstone Inc. AirTrunk shareholders have been seeking around A$20 billion in the sale, people with knowledge of the matter have said. billion of junior debt that private credit funds are in talks to provide, Bloomberg News reported earlier. billion ($3.7 s special situations division.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

A consortium of private equity firms comprising CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital and Platinum Ivy, are to acquire Hargreaves Lansdown in a deal that values the UK’s largest savings and investment platform at £5.4bn ($6.9bn), according to a report by Bloomberg. during early trading in London.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Prima Assicurazioni, an insurance start-up backed by some of the world’s largest private equity firms including Blackstone, is looking to sell a minority stake to an investor to raise fresh cash for the business, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Middle Eastern private equity firm Foursan Group has acquired a 33% stake in Medjool Village, Jordan’s largest vertically integrated grower, packer and exporter of medjool dates, marking its seventh investment via its third fund, FCP II.

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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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It's not hard to figure out why: CPI's biggest shareholder is cashing out. But as the company advised today, private equity firm Parallel49 Equity is offering anywhere from 1.2 Also worth noting: This news may actually be better than it looks for shareholders. ET Tuesday morning. million to 1.4

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 26, 2024

Private equity firm GTCR has agreed to pay $2.7 billion to buy AssetMark Financial in a deal that would take the wealth management platform private more than five years after its initial public offering. AssetMark’s shareholders will get $35.25 AssetMark’s shares closed down nearly 3%.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 1, 2024

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has acquired a majority stake in FairJourney Biologics, a biotech known for its work on antibody treatments for major drugmakers such as Johnson & Johnson, in a deal that values the business at €900m, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 2, 2024

Long-suffering shareholders of Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) got a boost in June following reports that an activist investor is building a stake in the transportation and logistics company. The Wall Street Journal reported early in June that activist shareholder Irenic Capital Management has amassed a 5% stake in Forward.

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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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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 4, 2024

Middle-market private equity firm Freshstream will acquire a controlling stake in Dutch IT infrastructure-as-a-service provider Worldstream. They will remain minority shareholders in the group following the transaction, having stepped back from their executive roles in 2020.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Shares in Scandinavian Airlines dropped more than 90% after the ailing carrier announced new shareholders in a restructuring scheme that will see the company delisted and existing ownership stakes erased. The deal means that Scandinavian will receive $475m (£393m) in new equity and $700m (£579 million) in convertible debt.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

AT&T is selling its stake in DirecTV Last month, AT&T announced it would be selling the 70% stake it has in DirecTV to TPG , a private equity firm, for $7.6 When it eventually gave up on that idea, it became a better dividend stock. Now, with its latest move, it may be an even better one. Let's see why.

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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. stake in the business. The first quotation was €15.90

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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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