Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) has exited investments in two of its portfolio companies. – Drilling Info and Currie Acquisitions. The company has completed the exit of its debt investment and a portion of its equity investments in Drilling Info, Inc, an information service provider and resource for the

Hogan Lovells advised AIM listed Abcam plc (Abcam) on its agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Epitomics International Inc (Epitomics), for USD170 million in a deal announced on Monday 5 March 2012. Epitomics is based in San Francisco with operations in China. Abcam, a global leader in

Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investment and business improvement, has acquired the stock of Raybestos PowerTrain, LLC (Raybestos) from an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners. Monomoy has combined Raybestos and Steel Parts Manufacturing, Inc (Steel Parts), into a global growing transmission component platform

AAC Capital UK (AAC UK), the mid-market buy-out firm, has sold Amtico Group, a designer and manufacturer of high end flooring, to Mannington Mills, Inc, the US-headquartered provider of branded flooring products. Amtico created the market for high quality floor tiles over 40 years ago and has been at the

The Maven VCT Offers, which gave investors the opportunity to invest in four established and income producing VCTs managed by Maven Capital Partners, have now closed. The Offers, which were due to close on 5 April 2012 for 2011/12 applications, and 27 April 2012 for tax year 2012/13, are now fully

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (Investec) has provided an innovative debt facility to support the buy-out of 2M Holdings Limited (2M), owner of chemicals distribution businesses Surfachem and Banner Chemicals, by Chairman and co-founder Mottie Kessler.   2M was formed in 2003 by Mottie Kessler and Ieuan Thomas with the

L Capital Management has held the final closing of L Capital 3 FCPR with total commitments of EUR400 million, well in excess of the Fund’s original target of EUR350 million. L Capital Management – an independently-operated private equity firm started in 2001 and sponsored by the LVMH Group and its

International legal practice Norton Rose LLP is advising long standing client ValueAct Capital on its proposed joint offer with CVC Capital Partners Limited for Misys Plc. Misys Plc is a leading application software and services provider, currently listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of GBP1.1 billion.