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Blackstone offers E3.1bn for CelaneseBlackstone Group, the US private equity firm, has announced a E3.1bn offer for Celanese, the industrial chemicals company – its second major deal announcement in Germany in a week.
- Baxi Group sale comes to the boil
Baxi Group, the UK boiler making company that was put up for sale by private equity firms Candover and Electra Partners, has moved closer to a sale for around £800m.
- CVC gears up for new fundraising
The European buyout firm has promoted seven managing directors to partner, increasing the total number of partners at the firm to fourteen.
- Four bids for Tussauds
Charterhouse Development Capital (CDC) is reported to be examining four bids worth around £900m for portfolio company Tussauds Group, owner of Madame Tussauds waxworks.
- Advent backs Aviagen bolt-on investment
Advent International’s poultry business, bought from BC Partners in May, has made an add-on acquisition in Belgium as part of Advent’s effort to grow its investment.
- Electra announces Rank buyout
Electra Partners Europe has announced the £30m management buyout of Rank Leisure Machine Services, the amusement machine business, from Rank Group.
- Italy takes lead in European buyouts
Nineteen of the twenty largest buyouts in Q3 were completed in Continental Europe including multi-billion Euro transactions in Italy and Germany.
- PAI to bid for Tussauds Group
The French private equity firm is among the frontrunners to acquire the Charterhouse Development Capital portfolio business ahead of a final deadline for bids later this week.
- Deutsche Bahn awaits final Brenntag bids
CVC Capital Partners, Blackstone Group and Bain Capital are all expected to submit final offers for the chemicals distribution business of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn.