Following accusations of a 'contrived game', shareholders of the maker of Bazooka gum and Major League Baseball trading cards have voted to approve a $9.75 per share buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners and Michael Eisner's Tornante.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Thomas H. Lee-led Lee Equity Partners has agreed to pay $395 million for teen fashion retailer Deb Shops. It is the firm’s second deal since it was founded last year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group’s planned acquisition of Barcelona-based inspection services company Applus will be one of the largest private equity investment in Spain to date.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Jerome Kohlberg’s firm has acquired disposable tableware maker Hoffmaster from Solo Cup, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, in a $170 million transaction
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New York-based MidOcean Partners has provided Chicago-based Wind Point with a profitable exit from outdoor accessories company Bushnell Outdoor Products.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New York- and San Francisco-based Behrman Capital has sold WIL Research Laboratories for $500 million, earning a 3.6x return.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Close on the heels of Apax’s $8 billion May buyout of The Thomson Corporation’s higher education division, Bain Capital Ventures and Prides Capital have agreed to invest $60 million in test prep company The Princeton Review.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US' largest pension fund purchased a $600 million, 8.6 percent stake in Apollo, prior to the private equity firm's listing on Goldman Sachs' private exchange.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners will acquire women’s clothing retailer Limited Stores, as its parent company transitions to a focus on beauty and lingerie.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New York-based MidOcean Partners has provided Chicago-based Wind Point with a profitable exit from outdoor accessories company Bushnell Outdoor Products.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
