IK Investment Partners’ IK VII Fund is to acquire a majority stake in Marle International SAS (Marle), an independent implant contract manufacturing company in Europe, from The Carlyle Group.  Carlyle’s Europe Technology fund, majority shareholder since 2009, will reinvest alongside management and the Marle family. Financial terms of the transaction

Antares Capital is serving as administrative agent and joint lead arranger on a new USD58 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Travelpro Group Holdings Inc by MidOcean Partners. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, Travelpro is a leading designer and marketer of high quality luggage under the

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance and Barclays have supported the Carlyle-backed, Nationwide Accident Repair Services in its acquisition of DWS Automotive Repair Solutions Ltd. Established in 1982, DWS operates a chain of 17 repair centres providing accident repair and accident management services to motor insurers, fleet operators, dealer groups and

Ares Capital Corporation and American Capital have signed a merger agreement whereby Ares Capital will acquire American Capital, excluding American Capital Mortgage Management.  The combined company would have on a pro forma basis more than USD13 billion of investments at fair value as of March 31, 2016. The Boards of

Equistone Partners Europe-backed WEALTH at work – a provider of financial education in the workplace for the private sector – has acquired the Affinity group of companies (The Farleigh Group Ltd) based in Bristol. Affinity is a provider of financial education in the public sector with over 200 employers including

Groupe Eurotunnel is to purchase STAR Capital’s 51% per cent share of ElecLink. The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions. Once concluded, Groupe Eurotunnel will hold 100 per cent of ElecLink.  eleclink is a cross-channel electricity interconnector that will be positioned within the service tunnel of the Channel Tunnels.

Privet Capital, a private equity investor focused on creating value through operational improvement,  has acquired Cash Processing Solutions Limited and its subsidiaries (CPS) from De La Rue. CPS is a specialist in providing cash processing hardware, software and related services to central banks, commercial banks, state printworks and commercial cash

Livingstone has advised the shareholders of ABI, including management and private equity investor LGV Capital, on CBPE Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake from LGV Capital. ABI is a manufacturer of caravan holiday homes which it manufactures in Beverley, East Yorkshire where it employs over 400 people. ABI is the

Hermes Investment Management’s infrastructure team has acquired an additional 17.1 per cent ownership stake in Southern Water on behalf of clients. This takes Hermes’ overall managed ownership interest to 21 per cent.  Following announcement of the sale of Future Fund’s stake earlier in the year, Hermes has worked collaboratively with

transcosmos has made an additional investment in Social Gear, a company that provides social media operational support, and now owns 100 per cent of the company. transcosmos has been providing Social Gear with social media operation and advertising support in multi-languages in Japan and ASEAN countries since first signing a