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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is to sell Mauser Group, a supplier of industrial rigid packaging products and reconditioning services, to Stone Canyon Industries (SCI) in an all-cash deal valued at USD2.3 billion.
SCI, through its subsidiary BWAY Corp, manufactures rigid metal and plastic containers.
“Mauser is an exceptionally well-positioned business that has delivered strong and consistent performance under our ownership,” says CD&R partner David Novak. “We believe that this transaction will benefit the market position and long-term growth prospects for both companies and prove to be rewarding for their employees and valued customers.”
Under CD&R’s ownership, Mauser achieved
HIG Growth Partners’ portfolio company Centerfield Media has acquired Qology Direct.
Centerfield is a digital media company that leverages its proprietary technology platform, Dugout, to optimise the customer acquisition process by identifying high value and intent driven consumers at scale across a variety of digital media platforms including search, display, social and others.
Qology’s customer acquisition and conversion capabilities will enable Centerfield to offer a fully integrated sales and marketing solution controlling the consumer experience from initial touch point all the way through completed sale, delivering new customers at scale to some of the biggest brands worldwide.
“When
Private equity firm Bregal Sagemount has held the first and final close of Bregal Sagemount II at the hard cap with total commitments of USD960 million.
Sagemount II was oversubscribed and significantly exceeded the original USD800 million target.
Sagemount II will continue Bregal Sagemount’s strategy of providing flexible capital and strategic assistance to companies in high-growth sectors across a wide variety of industries and transaction situations.
Bregal Sagemount is part of Bregal Investments, which is a global private equity group with offices in New York, Dallas, London, Munich and Jersey. Investment vehicles associated with Bregal are the sole
The TIIC infrastructure group has completed the sale of NDI Autostrada (NDIA) to Arcus Infrastructure Partners and APG Asset Management.
TIIC, together with Grupa NDI, jointly owned NDIA.
NDIA holds a 25.31 per cent stake in Gdańsk Transport Company, the concessionaire managing the A1 northern section of the AmberOne A1 motorway concession in Poland.
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners is to acquire a portfolio of Italian performing and non-performing corporate secured loans from Barclays.
The portfolio, which has a gross book value of EUR177 million, comprises loans to primarily small and mid-sized corporates secured against real estate located mostly in the north of Italy.
The agreement follows AnaCap’s Credit Funds’ acquisition last year of three portfolios of unsecured and secured NPLs from GE, RBS and UniCredit, totalling close to EUR2.5 billion.
Last month, AnaCap Private Equity Funds also announced the signing of an agreement with Barclays to acquire
Alantra has advised the shareholders of Bulldog Gin in the sale of the brand to Gruppo Campari for GBP55 million, plus working capital and assumed liabilities for GBP3.4 million.
The agreement foresees the possibility of an earn-out payable upon the achievement of certain incremental sales volumes according to agreed volume targets.
The deal leaves cash-on-hand and other assets on Bulldog’s balance sheet, resulting in approximate proceeds of GBP70 million at closing to Bulldog’s shareholders.
The closing is expected by mid-February 2017.
Launched in the US in 2007 and subsequently in Europe, Bulldog Gin is, according to IWSR,
KKR and Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO) are teaming up to create a new liquid alternatives investment firm by combining PAAMCO and KKR Prisma.
Under the terms of the agreement, the entire businesses of both PAAMCO and KKR Prisma will be contributed to a newly formed company that will operate independently from KKR, and KKR will retain a 39.9 per cent stake as a long-term strategic partner.
This transaction will create one of the largest firms in the liquid alternatives industry, with over USD30 billion of assets under management or advisement and the ability to fulfil a
IBID Group, an investment firm focused on buying and investing in internet-based companies with high growth potential, has expanded its gaming portfolio with the majority acquisition of Riverplay, an end-to-end platform for the online gaming industry.
Following the acquisition, Riverplay will be re-branded as Pragmatic Solutions.
Pragmatic Solutions is an API-based integrated customer relationship management and content management system that provides gaming, entertainment and financial services operators with a one-stop solution for digital growth. The platform offers the content management, administration, payments, marketing and third party solutions needed to build rapid and sustainable digital success. In Pragmatic Solutions, IBID
Forterra, a manufacturer of water infrastructure pipe and products in the US and Eastern Canada, has acquired the business of Royal Enterprises America (Royal), a manufacturer of concrete drainage pipe, precast concrete products, stormwater treatment technologies and erosion control products.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Based in Stacy, Minnesota, Royal primarily serves the greater Minneapolis market. The acquisition of Royal is expected to provide Forterra access to new opportunities for growth in the strong and expanding Minneapolis housing and infrastructure market.
"We expect Royal will further accelerate Forterra's growth in the drainage and stormwater management
Baker McKenzie South Africa has jumped from 16th to third place in the number of announced deals in the Thomson Reuters Emerging Markets M&A Review for Legal Advisers 2016.
In 2015, Baker McKenzie South Africa was ranked in 16th position with two deals announced. In 2016, the firm advised on 21 deals, gaining significantly in the rankings.
The review ranks eligible mergers, acquisitions, repurchases, spin-offs, self-tenders, minority stake purchases and debt restructurings that were reported to Thomson Reuters in the period under review.
Morne van der Merwe, managing partner at Baker McKenzie's Johannesburg office, says: “This leap in
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