Graham Partners has led an investor group to buy Henry Co. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. OceanBridge Partners, members of current management, and the company’s former owners were also part of the buying group. The sellers were AEA Investors and other minority shareholders. El Segundo, Calif.-based Henry makes roofing and building envelope products and systems. PRESS […]
U.S. buyout firm KKR & Co Ltd has agreed to buy a majority of Australia’s GenesisCare in a deal which values the company at up to A$600 million ($602 million), two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. KKR took a stake of 63% in the company as it looks to tap into the […]
Rugby Architectural Building Products, a New Hampshire-based company that distributes architectural wood products, decorative surfacing, doors, and millwork, has acquired Lumber Products, an Oregon-based industrial building products and door distributor, through its stalking horse bid under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Rugby is a portfolio company of Leading Ridge Capital Partners, a private equity […]
Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte, N.C.-based private equity firm, is selling its stake in the Charlotte-based engineering consultancy UC Synergetic to Pike Electric Corp in a cash deal valued at $70 million. PRESS RELEASE: Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity firm, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interest […]
The Dallas-area private equity firm Insight Equity Holdings has hired four new associates: Neal Jain, Garrett Greer, Luke Bateman, and Fraser Desmond. Jain was previously an investment banking analyst at Lazard Frères. Greer last focused on middle-market PE transactions at American Capital. Desmond joins Insight from Macquarie Capital, where he was a member of its restructuring […]
John Howard, Irving Place's CEO, is voting "his heart" and not his pocketbook in backing President Obama.
Bankers at Buyouts Chicago claim they're not seeing a slowdown in the M&A market. But some don't agree.
Best Buy Co. founder Richard Schulze is working with banks including Credit Suisse to explore a potential private takeover of the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer, Reuters reported Tuesday. Schulze and the banks were still in the early stages of determining what steps to take, Reuters said. But the board of directors of the company […]
Greenwich, Conn.-based Brynwood Partners and Wilton, Conn.-based Sun Products are announcing that Brynwood portfolio company, High Ridge Brands Co., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the rights to the White Rain personal care brand from Sun. As part of the transaction, whose terms aren’t being disclosed but should close next week, High Ridge is […]
DoughMain, a free financial education and family organization website, has received funding from a private equity fund managed by Lee Iacocca’s family based in Los Angeles and Boston. The company describes the undisclosed amount of capital as “kicking off” its second round of funding since its August 2011 launch. DoughMain — which also, notably, just […]