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3i sells NCP car parks to MacquarieAs expected, UK-listed buyout group 3i has sold UK car park operator NCP to Macquarie for £790m, realising a substantial profit just a year and a half after buying the company.
- EQT snaps up Danish medical company
Northern European private equity firm EQT has bought Dako, a Danish cancer diagnostics company, for DKK 7.3 billion (€980 million).
- New heights in the lowlands
Buyouts are booming in the Benelux region, with 2006 volumes already breaking records as mega-deals make the headlines. Competition for assets is intense and private equity firms have had to evolve strategically to differentiate themselves from the pack. Joanna Hickey reports.
- Buyout firms circle €2bn Reed Elsevier division
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.
- TPG joins CVC-led group for Sainsbury’s bid
The CVC-led consortium preparing a £9 billion bid for Sainsbury’s, a UK supermarket chain, has been further strengthened after Texas Pacific Group decided to abandon a rival bid and join the group.
- Apax makes it three big exits with CBR sale
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
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.
- Activa Capital promotes two to partner
French private equity firm Activa Capital has added two partners to its business, as it looks to raise its latest €250m fund.
- Blackstone is sole bidder in United Biscuits auction
Premier Foods, a UK food group, has terminated discussions with United Biscuits in the £1.7 billion auction for the biscuits and snacks maker, leaving Blackstone as the sole remaining interested party.
- Charterhouse refinances Saga ahead of flotation
The London-based buyout firm is understood to have recouped its equity investment in over-50s leisure and finance company Saga.