Deals
Swedish private equity firm EQT is assessing options for a potential sale of its stake in Thinkproject, a Europe-focused software-as-a-service provider, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
German chemicals giant Henkel AG has agreed to acquire Stahl Holdings BV, a Netherlands-based speciality coatings company for €2.1bn ($2.5bn), marking a significant exit for private equity firm Wendel SE, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire a minority stake in The GoodLife Group, valuing Canada’s largest fitness club operator at approximately CND2bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Advent International has agreed to acquire a 14.3% stake in Aditya Birla Housing Finance for INR27.5bn ($304m), according to a report by Reuters. The transaction values the mortgage lender at INR192.5bn, according to a statement from Aditya Birla Capital.
Ares Management Corp’s secondaries business is leading a syndicate providing capital to Finint Infrastrutture for its acquisition of the owner of Venice’s Marco Polo Airport, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Private equity firm LBO France has signed an agreement with Vivo Capital, a healthcare and life science-focused investment firm, for the sale of European consumables and equipment distribution firm Dutscher Group.
British content platform OnlyFans is in preliminary discussions to sell a 60% stake to private investment firm Architect Capital, in a deal that would value the business at $3.5bn, with an enterprise valuation of $5.5bn including of $2bn of debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has agreed to sell its Japanese personal care portfolio company FineToday to Bain Capital in a transaction valued at approximately JPY200bn ($1.29bn), according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
Nordic Alpha Partners, a specialist private equity investor in the green industrial transformation, has acquired a significant minority stake in Additive Drives, investing a mid-double-digit million euro figure in the German manufacturer of high-performance 3D-printed electric motor technology.
A planned sale of UK accountancy firm Xeinadin has been shelved after Exponent failed to secure bids meeting its £1bn-plus valuation expectations, according to a report by the Financial Times. The UK buyout firm backed the business four years ago, and had appointed Evercore to run an auction last summer.
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