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CVC to buy E.ON metering unitThe European private equity house has acquired the German energy provider over the sale of its E1bn metering business.
- LBO France to exit Actaris in secondary deal
The French private equity group is set to make a quick return on the utilities metering business it acquired in 2001, selling the business to HSBC Private Equity.
- Boston, LGV buy Warner Village
The two firms have bought the UK operations of cinema group Warner Village in a deal valued at around £225m.
- LBO France to target small LBOs
The French private equity firm has already secured half the capital for a newly-launched E50m fund for small-cap French LBO opportunities.
- French firms pursue cinema assets
LBO France and CDC Ixis Equity Capital have both confirmed their interest in UGC, the European cinema chain valued by parent Vivendi Universal at E550m.
- PE firms tempted by cinema deals
As WestLB closes the purchase of Cinven’s Odeon cinema chain, a group of French private equity firms are lining up bids for Vivendi’s UGC cinema network.
- Permira, Charterhouse exit from French services company
A consortium of investors led by Permira, formerly Schroder Ventures Europe, have sold their interests in Domoservices, A French company that maintains gas boilers.
- LBO France invests in Schlumberger metering assets
The French buyout firm has acquired a 90 per cent stake in Actaris, a new company comprising the multi-energy metering business of Schlumberger, the US oil group.
- LBO France courts Schlumberger
French buyout firm LBO France is in negotiations with Schlumberger for its gas and electricity metering business. A deal could come in the third quarter.