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Marwyn Value Investors has sold 26.5 million depositary interests representing common shares in Entertainment One (ETO LN) at a price of GBP3.30 per share, raising gross proceeds of approximately GBP87.5 million, of which approximately GBP61.1 million is attributable to the Company.
The Master Fund is now beneficially interested in approximately 52.9 million common shares of eOne, representing approximately 17.9 per cent of eOne’s issued common share capital.
Entertainment One was founded in 2008 following the initial reverse acquisition of Entertainment One Income Trust. Since that date eOne has established itself as a leading international entertainment company that specialises in the
Noerr has advised the Munich financial investor Deutsche Invest Equity Partners on the acquisition of a participation in PlanetHome AG structured as a co-investment with the US financial investor AP Capital Investments.
The seller is HypoVereinsbank (UniCredit Bank AG).
PlanetHome is a real estate service providers in Germany and Austria. Core areas are the brokerage and financing of residential real estate. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
To help overcome the increased reporting burden faced by private equity managers, SEI has developed an automated end-client reporting capability. It comes at a time when global PE firms are having to adapt to regulation in the form of AIFMD and Annex IV reporting, not to mention a desire by LPs to derive greater transparency from their PE allocations.
Indeed, LPs are themselves coming under increased regulation – for example, insurance companies who need look-through reporting capabilities to manage their Solvency Capital Ratios under Solvency II.
This is putting pressure on back-office teams to generate reports in a more timely
Global law firm Reed Smith has advised CBPE Capital, and the selling shareholders, on the sale of restaurant group Côte Restaurants (Côte) to BC Partners.
Reed Smith also advised the continuing management team on the investment aspects of the deal. The sale represents a money multiple of 2.9x CBPE’s original investment.
The team, led by Philip Taylor, also advised CBPE on the acquisition of Côte in September 2013.
The full Reed Smith team comprised partners Philip Taylor, James Cross and Caspar Fox and associates Emma Gilks and Sarah Crabtree.
Dickson Minto W.S. advised BC Partners on the deal,
Livingstone's Media & Technology sector team has advised on the management buy-out of fast-growing business information company Briefing Media Group, backed by growth investor Lyceum Capital.
Livingstone’s Media & Technology sector team advised Lyceum on the transaction, which further enhances the firm’s credentials in the Business Information space.
Briefing Media owns Farmers Guardian as well as a growing portfolio of other online and print agriculture brands, including Agrimoney.com. It also owns a number of events and exhibitions, including LAMMA, the UK’s largest agriculture event, and the British Farming Awards. The group also operates The Media Briefing, which provides strategy insight
Private equity firm HGGC has completed the equity recapitalisation of Selligent SA, a Belgium-based B2C marketing automation software provider.
HGGC’s investment will help the rapidly growing company expand into new markets and broaden its technology platform. As part of the agreement, the Company’s founders and management will retain a significant minority stake in the business, which will remain headquartered in Europe. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Selligent provides full, end-to-end customer lifecycle management in a single solution for more than 450 companies in retail, financial services, publishing and travel and other sectors in 19
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK 2007 Fund is o sell the remaining parts of the Agros Nova Group – specifically its non-carbonated beverages segment including brands Fortuna, Garden and Pysio – to Polmlek.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction.
Headquartered in Warsaw, Agros Nova is a leader in all three of its business segments, comprising fruit and vegetable preserves, ready-made food and non-carbonated beverages. Following IK’s acquisition of Agros Nova in 2010, the Company has improved its leading position in strategic product categories mainly via product innovations, relaunch of key brands and reorganisation
General Atlantic has agreed to sell its majority stake in amedes Holding AG, a provider of medical diagnostic services in Germany and Belgium, to Antin Infrastructure Partners.
The purchase price has not been disclosed. The transaction is subject to approval by the competition authorities.
With 35 laboratories and 27 practices across Germany and Belgium, amedes Group offers interdisciplinary and medical-diagnostic services for patients, medical practitioners, clinics and other institutions. Every day, it evaluates over 150,000 lab samples using state-of-the-art technology. With 3,500 employees – including more than 365 doctors and technical assistants – amedes is one of the leading lab
Noerr has advised the automotive supplier Neue Halberg Guss on the takeover of the South African foundry Atlantis Foundries (AF). The seller is Mercedes Benz South Africa.
With this acquisition, Neue Halberg Guss is strengthening its business in the truck and commercial vehicles sector. Atlantis Foundries specialises in casting cylinder blocks for commercial vehicles and besides Daimler also supplies engine manufacturers in the UK and the USA. The Daimler group remains an important customer after the takeover.
With a workforce of some 2,000, Neue Halberg Guss is among the European market leaders in the development and production of cylinder blocks
James Cowper Kreston has advised independent private equity company Growth Capital Partners LLP on its investment in FLYdocs Systems Limited.
The investment provides FLYdocs with development capital funding and strategic support to facilitate further international growth. James Cowper Kreston’s Corporate Finance team provided lead advisory services to Growth Capital Partners.
FLYdocs is a technology company whose software as a service platform provides best in class paperless aviation records management and online aircraft transition services to commercial airlines, aircraft lessors and other aviation industry participants worldwide. Based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, FLYdocs has additional offices and operations in the US, India,
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