Statoil ASA and Brigham Exploration Company have entered into a merger agreement for Statoil to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Brigham for USD 36.5 per share through an all-cash tender offer. The Brigham Board of Directors has unanimously recommended to its shareholders that they accept the offer. Ben
Lyceum Capital has funded the merger of two of the UK’s biggest independent drainage companies – a transformative deal which creates a GBP50 million turnover, market-leader in the provision of specialist services to the household, industrial, commercial, transport and water sectors. In January 2010 Lyceum Capital acquired a majority
Michael Christopher Münnix has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners as an Associate, effective 1 October. Münnix, who holds a PhD in physics, will mainly be responsible for handling deal flow at Target Partners. He will also support the team in managing the firm’s portfolio companies. “From the very
Emerging Capital Partners, a Pan-African private equity specialist, has signed a co-operation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to participate in its Private Equity Africa Climate Change Investment Support program. ECP is the first private equity firm to participate in the program. The program, funded by the Norwegian Government,
Vision Capital has agreed to sell Terphane to Tredegar Corporation (NYSE: TG), a global manufacturer of plastic films and aluminium extrusions, for USD188 million. Under Vision Capital’s ownership, Terphane, a leading manufacturer of speciality polyester films with operations in Brazil and North America, has made rapid operational and financial progress,
Cleary Gottlieb is representing JC Flowers & Co in its EUR243.6 million acquisition of Fidea (Belgium) from the KBC group. The transaction was signed on 17 October, 2011 and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012, subject to customary regulatory approvals. The divestment of Fidea is
Monique Melis, a Member at financial advisory firm Kinetic Partners, on the sentencing of Raj Rajaratnam to 11 years in prison for insider trading… Judge Richard Holwell’s agreement with the recommendation that sentencing should be 20-24 years shows that insider dealing will attract the same custodial sentencing as accounting fraud
APAC Customer Services, Inc has been acquired by One Equity Partners (OEP) the private investment arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. One Equity Partners paid APAC stockholders USD8.55 per share in cash, which represents a premium of approximately 57% over APAC’s closing share price on July 6, 2011, the last
The Blackstone Group’s private equity funds have agreed to acquire Antares Restaurant Group in New Zealand from Anchorage Capital Partners. Headquartered in Auckland, Antares has the exclusive franchise development rights for the Burger King brand in New Zealand and operates 75 Burger King restaurants throughout the country. Under the leadership
Sullivan Street Partners, alongside Oakfield Capital and with financing from Indigo Capital, has acquired Taylor Continental Group, a leading UK producer of commercial and industrial waste containers with annual revenues of over GBP20m, from ECI Partners. Taylor was acquired by ECI Partners in 2005 and Sullivan Street partner Richard Sanders
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