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Pamplona Capital Management is to acquire Perexel International Corporation for USD88.10 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD5.0 billion, including Parexel’s net debt.
The purchase price represents a 27.9 per cent premium to Parexel’s unaffected closing stock price on 5 May, 2017, the last trading day prior to published market speculation regarding a potential transaction involving the Company; a 38.5 per cent premium to the unaffected 30-day volume weighted average closing share price of Parexel’s common stock ended 5 May, 2017; and a 23.3 per cent premium to the Company’s undisturbed 52-week high.
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LLR Partners has acquired 3SI Security Systems, a specialist in asset protection systems and GPS tracking technologies.
LLR will support the company’s continued growth through expanded sales and marketing, further technology infrastructure development and strategic acquisitions.
Protecting more than 250,000 client locations worldwide, 3SI’s solutions combat crime through GPS tracking, dye and ink staining and gas neutralisation technology specialising in the Financial, Retail, Cash in Transit and Law Enforcement markets. 3SI maintains an advanced GPS Tracking Support Center in Malvern, PA, and has trained more than 6,800 municipal and regional law enforcement agencies to use its tracking platform to
Ufenau Capital Partners (Ufenau) has sold its majority shareholding in NRW Building Technology Holding (NRW) to funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital (Bregal).
NRW, headquartered in Nordrhine-Westphalia and active at further six locations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, is one of the leading independent technical building solutions providers with high quality planning, installation, design and engineering capabilities.
Since partnering with Ufenau, NRW has grown the business considerably; sales increased from EUR 55m to EUR 115m in 2016. For 2017, sales are forecasted to achieve EUR 155m. This corresponds to a growth of 180% since Ufenau’s entry in 2014. In the
Investment Metrics, a provider of performance measurement, investment analytics, risk attribution, market intelligence and reporting software to the investment management industry, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest Partners.
The new partnership will enable Investment Metrics to make continued investments in its existing solutions and to support its growth and market expansion globally.
Investment Metrics provides a full suite of performance analytics and reporting solutions to institutional consultants, plan sponsors, asset managers and private wealth advisors. Built by institutional investment consultants, the company’s products and services are utilised by industry leaders across asset allocators
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised funds managed by Quadrivio SGR and Tenax Capital in the underwriting of two non-convertible bonds listed on Vienna Stock Exchange’s Third Market, issued by Bravoeco Due in the acquisition of Gruppo Corpo Vigili Giurati by the Berni Gamberini family.
Established in 1925, Corpo Vigili Giurati is a private security group active in Central Italy with approximately 850 employees. In 2016, the company recorded Euro 55 million revenues and a strong growth in profitability.
The bond issuance fits in the company’s broader acquisition and business reorganisation following the equity investment from Gruppo di Sviluppo
Financial Close has been reached on the GBP1 billion financing of new Bombardier trains for the new South Western franchise operators FirstGroup and MTR.
The transaction was led by sponsor Rock Rail and partners SL Capital (part of Standard Life Investments) and GLIL Infrastructure LLP, who all provided the equity investment.
It is the latest success for the Rock Rail Consortium coming off the back of success in two previous major rolling stock deals last year. This latest deal represents the largest single UK rolling stock deal for which all senior debt is provided by institutional investors. The debt
HC Technologies, a Chicago-based principal trading firm with offices in New York City and London, has launched a private equity arm, HC Private Investments (HCPI).
HCPI will make investments in lower-middle market manufacturing companies ranging in size from USD10 to USD100 million in enterprise value focused on consumer and industrial markets. Typical equity investments will range in size between USD5 million and USD25 million.
Led by veteran middle market investors, John P Kelly and Matthew J Moran, HCPI was founded as an alternative to the traditional private equity model given its highly patient and flexible capital base and long-term investment
CVC Capital Partners Fund VI has agreed to acquire Etraveli, the global flight-centric online travel agency (OTA), from ProSiebenSat.1. The agreement is subject to approval by the relevant authorities.
Etraveli, which is based in Uppsala, Sweden, is a global e-commerce platform for flight tickets (eg Gotogate, Supersaver/Supersavertravel, Seat24, Flygresor), combining a leading position in the Nordics with a fast-growing international business. The Company today fulfils over EUR2 billion in transactions annually across almost 50 countries, by delivering attractively priced flight content through its proprietary technology platform.
Lorne Somerville, Partner and Head of TMT at CVC, says: “The online travel
Permira Debt Managers (PDM), the debt management and advisory arm of Permira, has reached a final close on its third direct lending fund, Permira Credit Solutions III, with commitments of circa EUR1.7 billion. Including leverage the Fund will have investable capital of circa EUR2.1 billion.
PCS3 is taking advantage of the rapidly growing and highly attractive opportunity for direct lending in Europe. A structural shift in European credit markets, catalysed by the financial crisis of 2008, continues to drive a retrenchment of traditional sources of debt capital. This has created a significant funding gap that has driven strong demand for
Now Healthcare Group (NHG) has received a minority investment from health cash plan provider Medicash of GBP4 million.
Founded in 2015 by Lee Dentith, NHG provides digital healthcare services through its brands Dr Now, Now GP and Now Pharmacy. This exciting new partnership with Medicash will enable the business to further develop its artificial intelligence and machine learning offering through its mobile app products and its online pharmacy, enabling the faster development of auto diagnoses and medicine adherence solutions.
The company intends to further develop its hugely successful private medical insurance offering and also its soon-to-be launched new NHS
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