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Deal Round-up 21/01/02Quester leads £4m injection in OD2; The Custom Factory takes $600,000; Comareg up for sale.
- Investcorp backs chemical MBO
The buyout house has agreed to pay Avecia, which it owns alongside Cinven, E375m for Stahl.
- Cinven’s Third exceeds target
The buyout firm’s new fund has received over E3.5bn in commitments from 60 investors, a third of which have invested in the firm for the first time.
- Another Cinven call for Napier
The former Bass boss is reported to be helping the private equity firm with a possible £1bn bid for Carling.
- Hawkpoint sees PTP increase
Public to private is expected to have a greater impact on European buyout activity in 2002, according to a new study.
- Cinven buys BP Amoco units
Foseco, BP’s specialty chemicals business, and Chem-Trend are changing hands for £204m.
- Price gap means Woolworths to de-merge
Despite many expecting to see Kingfisher sell its Woolworths chain of stores to a private equity bidder, it has instead opted to de-merge the operation.
- Cinven’s GrandVision
The private equity firm has bought Photo Service and Photo Station, GrandVision’s two photo-finishing businesses, for $249.3m. The two businesses last year had combined revenues of $212.5m.
- Henkel to sell Cognis to Schroder Ventures?
Reports suggest that Schroder Ventures has beaten other private equity firms to buy the speciality chemicals unit of the German conglomerate.
- Buyout fest buoyed by mezzanine market liquidity
Mezzanine is becoming more and more common in LBO debt structures.