Apax Partners has completed the acquisition of Regent Medical, a UK-based manufacturer of latex and synthetic surgical gloves and medical antiseptics.
KKR and AlpInvest have made an unconditional offer for Royal Vendex KBB NV, the Dutch retailer, despite former supporter Change Capital pulling out of the consortium.
Centurion Capital has achieved a first and final closing of its debut private equity fund on €150m. The fund will aim to exploit the convergence of Europe’s economies and expansion of the European Union.
Bridgepoint, the mid-market pan-European private equity firm, has sold its majority stake in office services supplier OyezStraker in a transaction valued at £80m.
Owens-Illinois, the KKR-backed glassware provider for Budweiser beer, has acquired BSN Glasspack, a France-based manufacturer of glass containers in one of the largest European disposals of the year.
Luke Johnson’s investment vehicle Risk Capital Partners will attempt a consolidation play in the UK bingo sector having acquired Mayfair Bingo for an undisclosed sum.
Finatem, the German mid-market buyout firm, has appointed Robert Hennigs as managing director and partner.
Xyratex, a data storage provider backed by European mid-market private equity firm HgCapital, is today floating on Nasdaq with a market capitalisation of around $400m.
The global private equity house has hired managing director Michael Profenius from Merrill Lynch's real estate investment banking group.
Permira’s £940 million bid for UK high street retailer WH Smith has been suspended following reports that the vendor has demanded at least £100 million from the bidder to cover a black hole in its pension scheme.