Deals
White Oak Global Advisors and its affiliates have sourced arranged and provided a cornerstone commitment, alongside early commitments from funds advised by Permira Debt Managers, and HIG WhiteHorse, for a EUR164 million Senior Financing to support the acquisition of Getronics by strategic investor Bottega InvestCo.
Getronics is a leading player in the ICT services sector in Europe, with strong positioning within medium to large-sized enterprises and with public institutions. The Lenders were involved at an early stage of the process, coordinating their diligence with Bottega and management, and structuring a bespoke solution for the new owner/operator, while focusing global resources
Form3, a cloud-based, end-to-end, secure platform for global payments processing, has secured a strategic investment from Barclays, the Angel CoFund and several individual investors who have joined the existing shareholders in raising USD5 million.
This latest funding will be used to continue building on Form3’s momentum in the UK and expand services across Europe and North America.
Form3 will use this round of funding to continue expanding its API based Payments-as-a-Service platform to offer clients real-time and interbank payment types. In addition to the current offering for UK Faster Payments, Bacs, CHAPS, SEPA and SWIFT, Form3 will launch SEPA
Activa Capital and Bpifrance have sold their stakes in Nexeya, a French group specialised in the design and manufacture of mission-critical electronic systems for major industrial companies primarily in the defence, aeronautics, space, energy, railway and automotive sectors.
After having substantially reinvested, Nexeya’s management now holds a majority stake in the group.
The operation, led by Nexeya managers Jean-Yves Rivière, Philippe Gautier, and Jérôme Giraud, gives the group’s management a 75 per cent majority stake in the company. The management team plans to accelerate the company’s development by product innovation and international expansion.
Established in 1997, Nexeya works
CSM Bakery Solutions, a specialist in bakery ingredients, products and services, is selling its BakeMark business to Pamplona Capital Management.
The sale is part of CSM’s strategy to focus on its core business in Europe and North America, according to President and CEO Marianne Kirkegaard.
“We have always had great appreciation for the value of the BakeMark business but this sale will help us support our goal of further strengthening our core business in Europe and North America by focusing on our value added bakery products and ingredients portfolio,” she says. “Under Pamplona’s ownership, BakeMark can further strengthen its
Synerlab has raised an additional EUR160 million in debt from its current partner ICG and Goldman Sachs.
21 Centrale Partners took over Synerlab in December 2013, with the support of Ardian, to create a pan-European CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation).
Over the past four years, Synerlab Group’s sales have grown by 30 per cent.
The new debt financing comprises several lines, giving the Group the means to refinance its current debt, finance its future investments and continue its external growth strategy, in particular through two strategic acquisitions abroad, which could be finalised in the coming months.
Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of UK insurance brokerage Lark Group by Bowmark Capital-backed Aston Scott.
The combination of Aston Scott, a leading provider of commercial insurance products to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK market, and Lark’s specialised capabilities will create one of the UK’s top 20 independent commercial insurance brokers and employee benefits practices with 600 staff placing more than GBP250 million in gross premiums from 18 offices across the UK.
In addition to senior secured unitranche funding, Barings is also providing a committed acquisition
Private equity firm MidOcean Partners is to sell Water Pik, a producer of branded oral health products and replacement showerheads, to Church & Dwight Co, a specialist in personal care, household and specialty products under the Arm & Hammer brand name and other well-known trademarks, for approximately USD1billion in cash.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Water Pik is the No1 water flosser brand and the No1 replacement shower head brand in the US. Water Pik’s branded oral health business offers a complete line of
3i Group (3i) has sold Mémora, an Iberian funeral services company, to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) in a deal worth GBP117 million. This compares to a valuation of GBP86 million at 31 March 2017.
Mémora was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Barcelona. It is a leading funeral services player in the Iberian market, with a total of 115 parlours, 24 crematoriums, 13 cemeteries and 91 retail outlets in the Iberian Peninsula. It has a leading position in Barcelona as well as in other regional markets in Spain and Portugal, and a strong foothold across its remaining
Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has invested GBP3 million in Friska Limited (Friska), a Bristol based chain of food-to-go restaurants offering ‘feel good food’ throughout the day.
The funding will be used to support the roll out of the brand into new cities across the UK.
This investment was made by the British Smaller Companies Venture Capital Trusts alongside ongoing support from Santander.
Friska was founded in 2009 by Griff Holland and Ed Brown, trading from a single site in central Bristol and based on a founding principle of delivering ‘feel good food’ made from
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed a growth investment in Pleatco, a family-owned specialist in the pool and spa filtration industry.
Pleatco designs and manufactures the most advanced, scientifically engineered filtration products for pools and spas. Pleatco provides over 700 unique, aftermarket filtration products for pool and spa retailers, distributors, online retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. The Company services customers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe from its facilities in New York, California, and Mexico.
“Pleatco has and will continue to thrive under the leadership of CEO Howard Smith and a strong management team due to its focus
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