Eurazeo’s net asset value stood at EUR57.2 per share at 30 September 2009, compared to EUR47.8 per share at 30 June 2009. Eurazeo is the majority or leading shareholder in Accor, ANF, APCOA, B&B Hotels, Elis, Europcar and Rexel. Eurazeo is also the main shareholder of Danone. Consolidated revenues for
Liberty Global has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of Unitymedia, Europe’s third largest broadband cable operator, from its sole shareholder Unitymedia S.C.A, Luxembourg. The terms of the agreement imply a total equity value for Unitymedia of EUR2.0bn and an enterprise value
The Blackstone Group and Lion Capital have closed on the sale of the Orangina Schweppes Group to Suntory Holdings. The closing follows receipt of a binding offer from Suntory to purchase Orangina and the completion of all the social, regulatory and legal requirements necessary for a sale. Lion Capital and
A nanotechnology company based in the North East of the UK has entered into a joint venture with a Japanese company which could bring new investment and jobs to the region. OJ-Bio is a joint venture between Newcastle based Orla Protein Technologies and Japanese electronics company Japan Radio. The
Mark Spinner, partner and Head of Private Equity at Eversheds, outlines his views on the news that Sweden will attach an annex dealing with the pay of private equity fund managers to the latest list of suggested amendments to the EU’s draft alternative investment funds legislation. The suggestion emanating from
Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners has launched its eighth fund, Highland Capital Partners VIII. The new USD400m fund will continue to fuel the firm’s focus on early through growth stage investments in healthcare, internet & digital media and technology companies. "We are very appreciative for the continued backing of
CDC Group has become the first development finance institution to make a private equity investment focused solely on Sierra Leone since the end of the country’s civil war in 2002. CDC will commit USD5m to Sierra Investment Fund, which will invest in small and medium sized enterprises and start ups
Just when you thought that the guards had at last wrested control of the asylum back from the inmates, here comes another proposed feature of the European Union’s proposed Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers that takes one’s breath away. Not content with amendments that would all but bar non-EU
Meidlinger Partners’ new investment vehicle, Meidlinger Partners Sustainable Investments, has completed its first closing. Limited partners committed USD4.25m to the round, and Benchmark Asset Managers, a founding investor, expects to add an additional USD10.75m toward the fund’s target size of USD100m. The fund provides expansion capital to proven companies in
Life Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioTrove, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of instruments and consumables for genomic analysis, screening and molecular diagnostics. Life Technologies is a biotechnology tools company. Both companies are based in the US. Earlier, BioTrove raised venture capital funding from Catalyst Health Ventures,
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