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Stirling Square buys highway safety solutions business

UK-based mid-market firm Stirling Square Capital Partners and US-based Diamond Castle have acquired an international highway safety solutions business for an undisclosed amount.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Montagu disposes of rubbish asset

Montagu Private Equity has sealed a lucrative exit from Cory Environmental, a waste management company, after selling the business to a group of infrastructure investors.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

ABN AMRO does two deals in one day

ABN AMRO Capital has bought Dutch manufacturer Vetus Den Ouden and a stake in Dutch media company Sdu on the same day. The investments are the firm’s second and third domestic deals of 2007.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

APCOA sells to Eurazeo in secondary deal

Investcorp, a Bahrain-based alternative assets manager, has sold APCOA, a car park operator, to Eurazeo, the French investment group in its first deal outside of France.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Mezzanine Management makes third realisation of 2007

Mezzanine Management, Europe’s oldest independent mezzanine investor, has sold XServ, a US provider of maintenance services to chemical and industrial facilities, to Texan trade buyer The Brock Group.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Boots yields to increased KKR bid

The UK retailer will open its books to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, after the buyout firm increased its bid to £10.40 per share or £10.1 billion.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Enterprise confirms improved 3i bid

Enterprise, a UK maintenance group, has confirmed that it is in discussions with 3i about a revised 605p-per-share bid, a 5 percent increase on the buyout group’s original offer.

2 min read · 03 January 2013

Blackstone eyes £1bn Jupiter deal

Jupiter Asset Management, the Commerzbank-owned fund manager that is currently mulling its strategic options, has become the latest buyout target of The Blackstone Group.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Countrywide soars as 3i keeps mum

Shares in the UK estate agency business are up by more than 4 percent as 3i refuses to say whether it will make a fresh bid to top US rival Apollo Management’s knockout 590p-a-share offer.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

Apollo set to launch £1bn Countrywide bid

Apollo Management now has the financing in place to launch its £1 billion bid for UK estate agency chain Countrywide.

1 min read · 03 January 2013

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