Private Equity
CapVest, a European mid-market private equity firm, agreed to create Valeo Foods. The newly formed Ireland-based food company will combine the businesses of Origin Foods with that of Batchelors. Upon closing, CapVest will hold a 55 percent equity stake in Valeo Foods. Origin Foods will own the remaining interest.
4 min read · 10 September 2010
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan agreed to sell its 25 percent stake in CTVglobemedia to BCE Inc. The deal has an equity value of $1.5 billion. It has a total transaction value of $3.2 billion when debt is included.
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Navigation Capital Partners, an Atlanta, Ga.-based middle market private equity firm, hired Marissa Swesey as a senior analyst. Swesey will manage the firm’s communications with investors and key external relationships. She previously worked as an analyst for Graham Partners.
2 min read · 10 September 2010
Vestar Capital Partners V LP’s affiliates (Mountain Acquisition Corp. and Mountain Merger Sub Corp.) and Health Grades Inc. agreed to extend the offer period for proposed $8.20 a share tender offer for all Health Grades’ shares. The offer’s new deadline is September 16 at 9 AM, New York City time.
6 min read · 10 September 2010
Candover Investments plc’s Candover Partners Ltd. unit agreed to sell Equity Trust Holding Sarl, a provider of business administration and fiduciary services, to Doughty Hanson for an enterprise value of €350 million. The deal represents a 24 percent uplift to the valuation of the business as at 30 June 2010 and a return of 1.5 times cost.
2 min read · 10 September 2010
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