Deals
TDR Capital and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice – the PE owners of UK supermarket chains Asda and Morrisons respectively – have raised a combined £6.5bn through the sale of property assets, as both groups seek to reduce debt accumulated during highly leveraged buyouts, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Washington-based private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has agreed to sell its portfolio company Stellant Systems, Inc to aerospace components specialist TransDigm Group in a transaction valued at $960m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
KKR’s efforts to take Japanese herbal tonic maker Yomeishu Seizo private have been derailed after the company’s largest shareholder declined to support the transaction, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the situation.
Apollo Global Management is set to exit Coinstar through a sale to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), in a transaction that will see the company’s bondholders repaid in full, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
HIG Capital has entered into a binding agreement to sell its portfolio company Xtera to a joint venture led by Prysmian and Fincantieri, marking an exit from the subsea telecommunications specialist it established in 2017.
German listed private equity holding company Mutares SE & Co KGaA has signed a binding agreement to sell its portfolio company Conexus SpA to ATS – Advance Technologies System, a wholly owned subsidiary of private equity group Maximum Return System.
US private equity giant KKR & Co has gained first negotiation rights to acquire Japanese herbal health tonic manufacturer Yomeishu Seizo Co, in a move that could see the company taken private in early 2026, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firms are increasingly turning to continuation vehicles as a core exit route, with sales of assets from older funds into newly raised vehicles on track to reach record levels in 2025, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Growth equity firm General Atlantic is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Mexican football, acquiring a significant minority stake in one of the country’s most successful clubs and its flagship stadium, ahead o the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Dentira, a procurement and spend management platform serving dental practices and multi-site healthcare operators, has secured a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a specialist in enterprise software investments.
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