Qualium Investissement

Burger King France, a master franchisee of the Burger King brand in France, has proposed to acquire Quick Group, a quick service restaurant business operating mainly in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. The deal, the financial terms of which were not released, is expected to close this year. Burger King France is owned by Groupe Bertrand and Restaurant Brands International Inc (TSX, NYSE: QSR), the Oakville, Ont.-based parent of Tim Hortons Inc and Burger King Worldwide Inc, which were combined /canada/2014/08/27/3g-capitals-merger-of-burger-king-tim-hortons-valued-at-12-6-bln-reuters/ by 3G Capital for $12.6 billion in 2014. Burger King France is buying Quick from Qualium Investissement, a French private equity firm.

Groupe Bertrand, which owns Burger King France, has agreed to buy the Quick Group. Financial terms weren’t announced. Qualium Investissement is the seller. Paris-based Quick is a European fast-food hamburger restaurant brand. Restaurant Brands International Inc. owns a minority of Burger King France.

Ardian has provided 92 million euros in unitranche funding to support Qualium Investissement's buy of IMV Technologies. Based in France, IMV provides animal reproduction biotechnology.

European Capital, an affiliate of American Capital, has arranged 26 million euros in mezzanine financing to support Qualium Investissement's acquisition of Groupe Poult. Headquartered in Toulouse, France, Groupe Poult is a maker of sweet biscuits.

French private equity group Qualium Investissement is poised to hold a final close for its latest buyout fund on €520m after bowing to pressure from some LPs not to raise significantly more.

Qualium Investissement, the former CDC Capital Investissement, is expected to raise a little more than €500 million (US$650.1 million) with its sixth fund, a source says. The PE subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts began fundraising for the pool in January, the person says. The target was €500 million. In July, Qualium announced a €450 million interim closing effective June 30, according to a press release http://www.qualium-investissement.com/en-gb/actualites/actualites.html?d=2011

It's crunch time for Qualium Investment, which is negotiating the sale of the cookie manufacturer to Platinum Equity.

The new firm will try to raise up to €400m for its debut independent fund, said the firm’s President Jean Eichenlaub.

Bankers are working on debt financings of up to €780m to back a potential sale of jewellery retailer Thom Europe, sources told Reuters.

Bain Capital's record-sized loan backing its acquisition of Irish building materials group CRH's UK concrete and UK and US clay businesses has highlighted that unitranche financing has become more prominent in Europe's leveraged loan market.

The deal value is likely to be between €250m and €300m, according to a source familiar with the matter

The European arm of Sun Capital Partners has bought UK-based Paragon for about £150m – giving Equistone its fifth exit of 2012 – and completed a bolt-on acquisition for portfolio company Albéa.

Equistone Partners Europe has reached a final closing of Equistone Partners Europe Fund IV at 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion). The fundraising has been achieved just over one year on from the Equistone team’s spin-out from Barclays.

French private equity firm Qualium, led by Jean Eichenlaub (pictured), is nearing its target for its sixth fund after a move to diversify its investor base.