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Investcorp Technology Partners has completed the acquisition of Impero Holdings Limited (Impero) for an enterprise value of GBP27.5 million for its fourth Technology Fund.
Impero is the UK’s No1 provider of online student safety, classroom and school network management software. The transaction marks Investcorp’s third technology deal in the lower middle market in the past nine months.
Founded in 2002, Impero has become the UK market leader in integrated safeguarding software with its comprehensive education solution that enables schools to keep students safe, improves the teaching environment and maximises efficiency for school network managers. Headquartered in Nottingham, UK, the
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD65 million senior credit facility to support the acquisition of an enterprise management vertical software company by a technology private equity sponsor.
The company develops and markets project management software designed specifically for firms in various markets worldwide.
The software enables firms to better manage project communications and documents, improve collaboration between all stakeholders, and archive information for compliance, legal and regulatory purposes.
Mourant Ozannes has advised long-standing LSE listed client, The Prospect Japan Fund Limited (TPJF), on its recommended takeover by Japanese-based Prospect Co, Ltd (Prospect).
The offer was an all-share offer of Japanese listed shares – believed to be the first of its kind in the UK – and it was completed via a Guernsey scheme of arrangement.
The transaction included various unique elements including devising bespoke settlement mechanics to comply both with the requirements of the Takeover Code and Japanese requirements and a combination of legal undertakings and post-offer intention statements (under the Takeover Code) for the benefit of
US private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners’ UK print specialist DG3 Group (Holdings) Limited is merging its offset print operations with London-based Leycol Printers Limited.
As part of the transaction, Leycol Printers is merging into DG3 (Diversified Global Graphics Group), a Resilience Capital Partners portfolio company and global provider of digital and print marketing document management services and compliance solutions.
Founded in 1978, Leycol Printers is an independent provider of high-end offset and lithographic printing services to numerous clients in the financial and commercial print market. Gary Wilson, who privately owns Leycol Printers, will serve as Director in a
ETC Global Group, on behalf of its subsidiary companies, ETC Global Holdings, Electronic Transaction Clearing, and Electronic Transaction Clearing Canada (collectively ETC); has entered into a new financing facility which will provide up to USD68 million in committed capital.
The Financing is being provided by certain affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management and Quantlab Investments. Proceeds from the Financing will allow ETC to immediately expand its United States and Canada broker dealer clearing operations and position the Company for further growth into new asset classes including options and FX, new product offerings including prime brokerage and stock loan, and other geographical
Marco Polo Securities, a New York-based broker dealer and securities distribution platform, has partnered with Pi Capital International LLC, the global advisory firm, to provide investment banking services to the Marco Polo global client base.
Since 2000, Marco Polo has developed a global network of leading securities firms in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Marco Polo platform enables global trading of exchange listed securities as well as international distribution of locally originated private placements and M&A products.
“Marco Polo is a global securities platform through which our local members can market their capabilities and products outside their domestic
Schroders has completed the acquisition of Adveq, an asset manager investing in private equity globally.
The acquisition, which was announced on 20 April 2017, has now received approval from the regulators. Adveq has been renamed Schroder Adveq.
The acquisition of Adveq accelerates the growth of Schroders’ private assets business, with more than USD7 billion of client commitments, complementing existing capabilities and expertise in the real estate and infrastructure finance sectors.
Sven Lidén, CEO of Schroder Adveq, says: “We are pleased to have received such a high level of support from our clients and other stakeholders for our partnership
Global investment bank Drake Star Partners has reported a record first half 2017 when compared to its H1 2016. The firm has successfully closed 18 transactions in 2017 year-to-date against 14 deals closed over the same period in 2016 (on a total of 28 transactions in 2016).
Drake Star focuses on M&A and fundraisings for the technology, media and communications (TMC) growth and mid-cap sectors. This latest milestone brings the firm’s total number of transactions completed to over 300 since 2004, 70 per cent of which are cross-border.
Drake Star’s latest track record also highlights the firm’s deep sector
Recovery in southern Europe’s markets and stronger performance by manufacturing exporters have delivered for Quaero Capital’s value-driven European Smaller Companies strategy in recent months.
Corporate confidence indicators have continued to improve across Europe as the fears of political risk have given way to the resurgence of the political mainstream, supporting manufacturing exporters which are more sensitive to the economic environment.
With family ownership being particularly prevalent in the ‘Mittelstand’ exporters of Europe, the strategy’s sectoral exposure is well suited to this ‘Goldilocks’ scenario of firmer growth without inflation, according to the managers.
Quaero’s European Smaller Companies Team, writes:
HIG Capital (HIG), a global private equity investment firm with approximately USD22 billion of equity capital under management, has sold its portfolio company Albertville Quality Foods (Albertville) to OK Foods, a subsidiary of Industrias Bachoco.
Albertville is among the largest independent further processors of protein based products. The Company focuses on the development and production of customized center of the plate products that meet the demanding specifications of national and regional restaurant chains and other foodservice channels. The Company operates two facilities in Albertville, AL.
HIG acquired Albertville in 2010 and subsequently completed the strategic add-on acquisition of Sunrise
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