Deals
Nordic Capital is to acquire a majority share in corpuls, a medical technology company specialising in emergency medical solutions and cardiac resuscitation, with a key focus on the external defibrillator segment.
A consortium of private equity firms led by CVC Capital and Francisco Partners, has made a bid to acquire payments provider Network International which values the business at about £2.1 billion pounds ($2.56 billion), according to a report by Reuters.
Copenhagen-based mid-market private equity investor Polaris has acquired a majority shareholding in Sealing System, a Scandinavian supplier of intralogistics and full-scope automated packaging and palletizing lines.
Established in 1998 in Grindsted, Denmark, Sealing System offers complete, automated end-of-line and intralogistics solutions, which optimise processes and production while ensuring efficient track & trace functionality, data capture and integration to customers’ IT systems.
The company has generated average annual revenue growth of 25% since 2019 and reported revenue of more than DKK 200 million in 2022 with an operating profit of DKK 20 million.
In connection with the transaction, Sealing System will
US private equity group Apollo is said to be close to opening talks with oil and gas engineering company John Wood Group regarding a £1.66 billion takeover, according to a report by The Times.
The Carlyle Group has emerged as a potential new bidder for Manchester United, as the ongoing sale of the English Premier League club goes to a third round, with rival bids from former Qatar prime minister Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and interest from US activist hedge fund Elliott Management, still in the frame.
According to a report by the BBC, Carlyle’s pitch would involve purchasing a stake in the club rather than merely providing financing.
The process to explore “strategic alternatives” for the club began in November, when the Glazer family, who bought the
Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm, has formed Resin Solutions, which has agreed a carve-out of three product lines developed by Cray Valley, TotalEnergies’ resin production affiliate.
Pacific Avenue Capital specialises in M&A, corporate divestitures and other complex situations in mid-market companies. The investment is being deployed via Pacific Avenue Fund I, L.P.
The carve-out deal, which covers includes four production sites in the US, one production site in Italy, and global customer relationships across diversified end markets.
The three acquired product lines – PolyBD®, Wingtack®, and Dymalink® – are market leaders in functional additives. Specifically,
A private equity consortium including CVC Capital Partners and Francisco Partners has made a “preliminary and conditional” bid for emerging markets-focused payments company Network International, according to a report by Private Equity News.
Shares in Network International closed up 23.1%, or 56½p, at 300p, valuing the company at £1.6 billion, still below its float price of four years ago.
In a statement, the Dubai-based FTSE 250 payment-processing company, the largest in the Middle East and Africa, confirmed that discussions between Network and the consortium are ongoing.
The news emerged amid a flurry of private equity-backed overseas takeover bids for mid-cap
Swedish private equity firm EQT is in talks with Dechra Pharmaceuticals over a possible £4.6 billion cash bid, in a deal backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, according to a report by The Times. A takeover of Dechra, the FTSE 250 veterinary drugs company, would cap a rollercoaster period for the group, which was briefly promoted to the FTSE 100 after its shares soared on a pandemic-driven pets boom but which have halved since a peak two years ago.
Dechra is led by Ian Page, who has been chief executive since soon after the Cheshire-based company was listed in 2000.
Clearlake Capital Group and Symphony Technology Group have agreed to sell risk management cloud software provider Archer Technologies to Cinven.
The deal is expected to close in the middle of 2023 subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, Archer is a leading provider of integrated risk management cloud software solutions with products that encompass compliance, governance, security, audit and ESG.
STG acquired Archer in 2020 as a part of its purchase of RSA Security from Dell Technologies, and subsequently partnered with Clearlake in
Bain Capital is one of several private equity firms set to bid for software and IT managed services platform provider ConnectWise, according to a report by CRN.
ConnectWise, which has more than 3,000 employees globally, was bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo is 2019 in a deal estimated at around $1.5 billion. Six of ConnectWise’s eight board members are from Thoma Bravo.
Bain is now one of the strongest candidates lining up a potential bid for the Tampa, Florida-based company, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
“Bain has been very aggressive,” said one unnamed source, who valued
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