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
First Investors Financial Services Group has completed its previously announced merger with an affiliate of private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners. The total consideration to be received by the former holders of First Investors securities will be approximately USD100 million. First Investors, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of a
Mindbody, a provider of online business management software to the beauty, health and wellness industry, has completed a USD35m investment round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The company’s existing investors, Catalyst Investors and Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), also participated in the latest investment. The capital raised will be
Private equity firm GTCR has acquired Premium Credit from MBNA Europe, a subsidiary of Bank of America. Premium Credit is a provider of payment facilitation and financing services in the UK and Ireland. GTCR is partnering with new chief executive Andrew Doman and existing management of Premium Credit to recapitalise
Euro Choice II, the private equity investment programme focusing on the European market, has sold its majority stake in SENIOcare, a long-term care group in Switzerland, to funds managed by private equity investment group Waterland. Founded in 1983, SENIOcare has 26 nursing homes across Switzerland and over 1,000 residents cared
TowerBrook Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in Vistage International, the world’s largest for-profit peer-advisory membership organisation of chief executives and business executives. With more than 16,000 members in 15 countries, Vistage delivers leadership development and business value to CEOs and key executives in the US and around the
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