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Clearwater International UK has advised construction services provider and independent trader of aggregates GRS Roadstone Group Limited (GRS), on raising finance to support its acquisition of S Walsh Holdings Limited (Walsh).
The funding has been provided by a three bank term loan syndicate, Lloyds Bank, RBS and HSBC, and a three lender receivables finance syndicate comprising Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, HSBC Invoice Finance and RBSIF.
GRS is the UK’s largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate. It offers a complementary waste removal and transport service, providing customers with a one-stop shop solution. This value-add service has led to
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has completed the acquisition of Loggly, Inc, a provider of cloud-based log monitoring and log analytics software.
Loggly is an SaaS-based, unified log monitoring and log analytics product, that aggregates, structures, and summarises log data so users can analyse and visualise their data to answer key questions, spot trends, and deliver actionable reports. The acquisition complements the company’s existing portfolio of SaaS-based cloud monitoring solutions and SolarWinds plans to continue investing to innovate and enhance Loggly.
With the acquisition, SolarWinds also will deepen its cloud-software engineering and analytics expertise. Former Loggly executives Manoj
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Markets team (AIP Private Markets), an investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has completed the final close of its first standalone co-investment fund, Private Equity Co-Investment Fund I (PECO I).
Commitments to PECO I totalled USD425 million, exceeding AIP Private Markets’ target of USD350 million.
PECO I seeks to achieve strong risk-adjusted returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of direct co-investment opportunities alongside high-quality private equity sponsors in buyout and growth transactions across North America and Europe. Consistent with the investment team’s broader strategy, PECO I seeks to provide exposure to
Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), a private equity fund focused on deep value investing and business improvement in middle-market companies, has completed the sale of Katun Corporation (Katun) to a Taiwanese buyer, General Plastic Industrial Co (GPI), for an undisclosed amount.
Katun is one of the world’s leading providers of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, toner, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, and other equipment for the imaging industry. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and operates sales and distribution facilities throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
“Over our ownership period, we helped transform this corporate
Arcapita has acquired a controlling interest in MC Sign Company (MC Sign), a provider of signage and lighting services in the United States, for a total transaction value in excess of USD100 million.
Atif A Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are excited to complete a US private equity transaction and pleased to partner with the management team at MC Sign to help grow the Company’s suite of services and customer base. MC Sign is led by a very experienced team of professionals who have grown the business considerably over the past few years, and we believe the Company
Seedrs had its biggest year since launch in 2017, with GBP125 million invested into campaigns on the platform and 168 deals funded. The company recently surpassed GBP300 million invested into campaigns on the platform and has now funded over 590 deals since its launch.
Five-year old Seedrs completed over 130 per cent more GBP1 million-plus campaigns in 2017 than the previous year, breaking a number of records in the process. Challenger bank Revolut raised its cap of GBP3.8 million from over 4,200 investors in August 2017 as part of their GBP50 million Series B round led by Index Ventures, awarding
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) have completed the previously announced acquisition of Schenck Process (Schenck), a specialist in measuring and process technology equipment.
Blackstone and Schenck have also announced the appointment of Keith Cochrane as Chairman and Harry Kenyon-Slaney as Member of the Advisory Board of Schenck.
Cochrane brings extensive senior and board-level experience to the role. He is currently Interim Chief Executive of Carillion plc, prior to which he served as long-standing CEO of The Weir Group plc, a leading manufacturer of highly-engineered products and services for the minerals, oil and gas and power industries. He
Brookfield Business Partners is to acquire a 75 per cent controlling interest in the Schoeller Allibert Group (Schoeller Allibert), a manufacturer of returnable plastic packaging systems, for EUR205 million.
The stake is being acquired from an indirect subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) (JP Morgan).
Brookfield completed the transaction by partnering with the founding Schoeller family who will continue to hold the remaining 25 per cent interest in the Company through Schoeller Group and expects to be a long-term partner in growing the business. The Schoeller Group have the opportunity to increase their ownership over time.
“This
Inflexion Private Equity has invested in Lintbells Limited, a producer of nutritional supplements for pets.
Founded in 2006, Lintbells is now the leading pet supplements company in the UK, including two key brands: YuMOVE, the number one joint mobility supplement for dogs and cats, and YuMEGA, the UK’s number one supplement for skin and coat. Lintbells has nascent but growing international businesses in Asia and Europe.
The UK market for pet supplements is worth approximately GBP100 million and is growing at 7 per cent per annum as pet owners become more aware of the existence and effectiveness of such
Noerr has advised the airline Condor and its parent company Thomas Cook on the takeover of Air Berlin Aviation.
The subsidiary of the insolvent company Air Berlin PLC & Co. KG is currently undergoing the approval procedure for obtaining a flight licence and has already set up the required structures with the necessary postholders.
The purchase of the company fits in with Condor’s plans to expand capacity in the German market due to higher demand. Air Berlin Aviation is to be included in Condor’s summer flight schedule with six planes once the flight permit has been issued. The company
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