Private Equity
Octopus Investments has earmarked a £40m pool of capital to provide finance to small- and medium-sized businesses.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has agreed a £64m PIPE with Premier Foods, the UK-based owner of household food brands including Hovis, Cadbury and Bisto, which has been struggling under a £1.7bn debt mound. The investment will form part of a 1.5bn share offer intended to raise around £404m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
UK-based clean technology-focused private equity firm Foresight Group has agreed two deals worth a combined €50m for 10 megawatts of solar projects in Italy using its European Solar Fund and bank debt.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The €81m merger of Snell & Wilcox and Pro-Bel, two of Europe’s biggest broadcast technology companies, will give both private equity firms a 20% stake in the combined entity and provides a partial exit for Advent.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Creditors of Autodistribution, the debt-laden French car part distributor, have agreed to write down its debts in exchange for a €110m cash injection by private equity firms Towerbrook and InvestCorp.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
UK-based private equity firm Dunedin has sold aircraft navigational aid manufacturer Fernau Avionics for £32 million two years after it acquired the firm.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm is buying Florida-based Gevity HR to expand its human resources portfolio company TriNet.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
UK-based August Equity has just made its fifth and sixth add-on acquisitions to healthcare platform Enara Group. Investment in the healthcare sector, which is 'slightly immune' to current conditions, remains relatively buoyant.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
UK private equity firm Graphite Capital has again backed the team which helped it receive 6 times its investment on LS Group in 2005 by acquiring a timber window maker called Performance Window Group. The firm hopes to use the investment to fund future add-ons within the building materials sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based turnaround firm has made three acquisitions as part of the platform, including the purchase of Labatt USA for an undisclosed amount.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
