ADP, a provider of human capital management services, is to sell the ADP Taxware business to Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in software and technology-enabled services. Terms of the sale have not been disclosed. ADP Taxware, provider of automated solutions for sales, use and value-added
August Equity’s portfolio company SecureData Europe has completed the acquisition of Quadrant Networks. Quadrant provides application delivery and security services to a blue chip customer base including the UK’s leading e-commerce and corporate clients such as Ocado, Rightmove and Easyjet. It ensures customers’ mission critical applications are operating in a
Wellington Financial has provided a USD2.4m venture debt financing for TIM Group, a SaaS developer of applications serving the financial services industry. Under the terms of the venture loan facility, Wellington Financial provided a term loan of USD2.4m to TIM Group and Barclays Bank provided an additional GBP500,000 overdraft facility.
Harbinger Group has formed a joint venture with EXCO Resources to create a private oil and gas limited partnership that will purchase and operate EXCO’s US conventional oil and gas assets, for a total consideration of USD725m. Under the terms of the agreement, the partnership will own EXCO’s conventional oil
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, is to acquire Scandinavia’s luxury retailer Georg Jensen for USD140m from private equity group Axcel Capital Partners. As part of this transaction, Investcorp has teamed up with David Chu, the luxury brand entrepreneur and founder of Nautica, who will join the
Sidewinder Drilling, a Houston-based land drilling company controlled by private equity firm Avista Capital Partners, is to acquire Union Drilling. Sidewinder’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Fastball Acquisition, is to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Union Drilling for USD6.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and
Humana has acquired Certify Data Systems, a specialist in health information exchange (HIE) technology. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Hospitals, physicians and laboratories across the nation have adopted the HealthLogix Enterprise HIE platform from Certify. The platform provides two-way sharing of clinical information across disparate electronic health
A fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors, Blackstone Capital Partners V, has completed its purchase of GCA Services Group from Nautic Partners and other minority shareholders. Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley acted as M&A advisers to Blackstone and provided financing for the transaction. Simpson Thacher
AXA Private Equity has participated in the EUR20m capital increase of the online travel agency Bravofly. Proceeds of the fundraising have been used to finance the acquisition of Rumbo, a Spanish online travel company. Founded in 2004, Bravofly allows internet users to search, compare and book airline tickets from low-cost
MIddle market private equity firm The Sterling Group has completed the acquisition of the Dexter Axle business from Tomkins Industries, a subsidiary of Pinafore Holdings. The investment is Sterling’s fourth investment in its third fund, an USD820 million fund raised in 2010. Dexter is the second business Sterling has acquired
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