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Henry Kravis, co-founder, KKR

KKR acquires SBB/Telemach Group

Funds advised or controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) are acquiring the SBB/Telemach Group from Mid Europa Partners. The executive management team led by founder Dragan Šolak will remain in place and retain a substantial stake in SBB/Telemach Group. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Luxembourg

Citco acquires SEB’s Corporate Management Services business

Citco Corporate & Trust has reached an agreement to acquire Société Européenne de Banque’s (SEB) Corporate Management Services business. SEB plans to focus on its core banking activities. SEB is the Luxembourg establishment of Intesa Sanpaolo Banking Group, Italy’s leading banking group and one of the top banking groups in

Aurora Capital Group completes sale of Mitchell to KKR

Private equity firm Aurora Capital Group has completed the previously announced sale of Mitchell International to KKR. Aurora acquired Mitchell in March 2007 along with co-investors Norwest Equity Partners and GE Pension. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Josh Klinefelter, head of Aurora's Software & Information Services

LongueVue Capital invests In Ascent Aviation Services Corporation

Private equity firm LongueVue Capital (LVC) has invested both equity and mezzanine capital in Ascent Aviation Services Corporation (Ascent). Ascent is a Federal Aviation Administration licensed provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for multiple platforms of narrow body aircraft.  Based in Tucson, Arizona, Ascent specializes in heavy maintenance,

The Sterling Group completes sale of Stackpole International to Crestview Partners

Middle market private equity firm The Sterling Group has completed the sale of its portfolio company, Stackpole International, to funds managed by Crestview Partners.   Sterling had acquired Stackpole through a corporate carve-out from Tomkins in August 2011.  Stackpole was an investment in Sterling's third fund, an USD820 million fund

Palatine invests GBP16m in Forrest secondary buyout

Palatine Private Equity has backed the secondary management buyout of social housing contractor Forrest, investing GBP16million for a significant minority stake. The deal is Palatine’s fourth investment from its second Fund, which achieved a final close of GBP150million in June this year. The transaction sees private equity firm LDC achieve

RDIF and Deutsche Bank invest in Rostelecom

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Deutsche Bank have made a joint investment in Russia’s largest telecommunications company, Rostelecom. The two parties will invest a total of USD237.1m on a parity basis, which will be used to further develop and strengthen the company’s market position. The transaction has received

NYSE

Platform Acquisition Holdings to acquire MacDermid for USD1.8bn

Platform Acquisition Holdings is to acquire MacDermid, a provider of high value-added specialty chemicals, for approximately USD1.8bn plus contingent consideration. Platform will be renamed Platform Specialty Products Corporation (PSP). Following the close of the transaction, PSP expects to complete a listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange

Bacchus Capital exits Qupe investment

Bacchus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private equity firm providing strategic capital in the wine industry, has exited its investment in Qupe, a California Central Coast wine producer. The firm had provided a second lien loan to the winery, which was founded by Bob Lindquist, in March of 2011. "Bob

Oman Oil Company acquires Oxea from Advent International

Advent International has exited its investment in Oxea, one of the largest manufacturers of Oxo chemicals.   Oman Oil Company (OOC), a commercial company wholly owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, will acquire Oxea to strengthen its position in the chemicals sector.   The acquisition is subject

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