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GMT creates Europe’s biggest business information providerGMT Communication Partners has bought a construction information business from Candover and Cinven-backed Springer Science & Business Media. The firm will merge this business with portfolio company Docu Group to create Europe’s biggest provider of business information.
- TPG and Warburg Pincus after New Look
US buyout firms TPG and Warburg Pincus have teamed up to bid for UK clothing firm New Look, which may lead to less competition for the store in the upcoming auction.
- Cinven and JP Morgan Partners sell German plastics business to Blackstone(2)
Growth strategy for Cinven and JP Morgan Partners pays off with sale of Klöckner Pentaplast, a manufacturer of rigid film plastics, to The Blackstone Group in a deal worth €1.3 billion ($1.8 billion).
- CVC looks to Altadis(2)
CVC Capital Partners is reportedly looking to bounce back from the disappointment of losing out in the battle for Sainsbury’s by turning its attentions to Altadis, a Spanish tobacco company.
- Buyout firms’ €12.8bn Altadis bid raises the stakes(2)
European buyout firms CVC and PAI’s €12.8 billion bid for Spanish tobacco company Altadis surpasses Imperial Tobacco’s rival offer last month and could trigger a bidding war.
- Another twist in Altadis takeover(2)
Altadis, the Spanish cigarette maker that CVC, PAI and Cinven are stalking, has reportedly met with Imperial Tobacco to re-think a takeover by the UK trade buyer.
- Buyout firms circle €2bn Reed Elsevier division(2)
Private equity firms are amongst the favourites to buy the education arm of Reed Elsevier, after the publishing company said it was putting the division up for sale.
- EQT snaps up Danish medical company(2)
Northern European private equity firm EQT has bought Dako, a Danish cancer diagnostics company, for DKK 7.3 billion (€980 million).
- Apax makes it three big exits with CBR sale(2)
Apax Partners has continued its string of recent exit successes by selling CBR, a German fashion retailer it co-owned with Cinven, to Swedish buyout firm EQT.
- Wolseley shares leap on Cinven report(2)
Shares in building supplies group Wolseley rose as much as 8 percent this morning following reports that buyout firm Cinven is preparing a bid for the company, but Wolseley has denied receiving any approach.