Private Equity
Bridgepoint has used its £189 million (€291 million; $377 million) refinancing of its investment in Pets at Home to pay off £20 million of mezzanine debt and pay itself a £70 million dividend.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Central and Eastern Europe focused firm has fully divested its stake in the Slovakian mobile operator.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Asia Pacific arm of CVC is poised to exit its investment in the Australian private hospital operator 18 months after acquiring it.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A consortium comprising Apax, Blackstone and CVC has made a new offer for the Spanish telecommunications company Auna as rival KKR joins the fray.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The acquisitive Icelandic group will team up with a consortium comprising Apax Partners, Barclays Capital and Robert Tchenguiz to put together a £1.1bn offer for UK supermarket chain Somerfield.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Washington, DC-based affiliate of the Texas Pacific Group has acquired Gbarbosa, a Brazilian supermarket chain, its third investment in a Latin American retailer.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The board of UK computer games publisher Eidos has withdrawn its support for the Elevation Partners cash offer for the company in favour of a higher share offer from a trade buyer.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
TDR Capital and Sun Capital Partners are the equity sponsors of Life Company Investor Group’s £1.025bn purchase of HHG’s closed life assurance funds.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The global venture capital firm has announced the purchase of a 50 percent stake in oil service newco RBGltd, and a €3.1m investment in Norwegian water treatment company Epcon Offshore.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
HgCapital has acquired a windfarm in Wales in what it expects to be a series of renewable energy deals.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
