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  • PE Firm Actis Sells Stake in Paper Co. Inpac
    cnolan- 28 October 2010

    Private equity firm Actis has sold its stake in Chinese paper packaging manufacturer Inpac International to Stora Enso, a paper and wood products company based in Helsinki and Stockholm. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Actis, which has offices in Beijing, bought its 30% stake in Inpac in 2007 for $17.71 million.

  • GVK Power wants $600M of private equity investment
    Barry Whyte- 8 October 2010

    GVK Power and Infrastructure, an Indian energy company, is seeking up to $600 million in private equity investment into two of its business, according to Reuters. TPG Capital and an investment arm of Standard Chartered are currently in talks to invest between $250 million and $300 million for a 30 percent stake in GVK’s airport business. 3i and Actis have struck ‘in-principle’ agreements to buy stakes in GVK’s energy business for around $280 million.

  • European People Briefs, October
    Staff Writer- 1 October 2010

    Executive moves by Jonathan Russell of 3i, Kevin Albert of Pantheon, Sven Hansen of Zouk Ventures, Sarah Sandström of Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Jitesh Gadhia of Blackstone, more

  • Actis LLP Buys Vlisco Group From Gamma Holding NV For $151 Million
    Eamon- 8 September 2010

    London-based private equity investor Actis LLP acquired Vlisco Group for $151 million. Vlisco designs, makes and distributes 51 million yards of branded fabric a year for consumption primarily in West and Central Africa. The seller was Gamma Holding NV.

  • Actis Makes First Brazilian Investment; $58 Million In Supermarket Chain
    VCJ Staff- 3 September 2010

    Actis invested $58 million in Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuição, which operates supermarket chains São Francisco and Cidade Canção. This marks Actis' first investment in Brazil.

  • Actis Buys African Payment Processor
    PE Hub Staff- 27 July 2010

    Actis has sponsored a management buyout of Mediterranean Smart Cards Co., a Egypt-based electronic payment processor that operates in over 20 African nations. No financial terms were disclosed.

  • Ambow Education Sets IPO Terms
    PE Hub Staff- 21 July 2010

    Ambow Education Holding Ltd., a provider of educational and career enhancement services in China, has set its IPO terms to around 10.68 million American depository shares being offered at between $10 and $12 per share.

  • peHUB Wire: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 21 July 2010

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  • peHUB Wire: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 21 July 2010

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  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, July 15, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 15 July 2010

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