LONDON (Reuters) – Travel reservations group Amadeus wrapped up its 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) initial public offering (IPO) in Madrid, ending a two-year drought in Spanish listings. The final price of 11 euros for the listing was slightly above the middle of a price range of 9.2 euros to 12.2 euros which the company […]
(Reuters) – Fulcrum Pharma Plc (FULB.L) said it accepted a 11.6 million pounds ($17.69 million) takeover bid by a company funded by venture capital group SV Life Sciences and private equity firm Halifax Group, sending its shares up 66.7 percent. The offer of 5.85 pence in cash for each Fulcrum share is at a 73 […]
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(Reuters) – Landry’s Restaurants Inc (LNY.N) said Chief Executive Tilman Fertitta agreed to raise his bid to take the company private by offering $21 per share, or about $341 million, in cash. The new offer values the stock at a discount of 16 percent to its Monday close of $25.03. Shares of the second-largest U.S. […]
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Private equity firm TPG Capital and Caruso Capital Partners LLC said on Tuesday that they had formed a joint venture to invest up to $750 million of debt and equity in retail centers and other properties in the western United States. The Caruso-TPG Partners venture said it would target underperforming retail and […]
Over the weekend we learned that the mystery bidder for CKE Restaurants was Apollo Management (as had been alluded to in prior reports). The reveal was surprising since it came out of a go-shop period — something PE pros seem to avoid like the plague. Go-shop provisions have become a standard way to protect corporate boards from angry shareholders, […]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch waste management firm Van Gansewinkel said it was looking to divest a stake, preferably through an initial public offering (IPO), as its private equity owners look for an exit. Van Gansewinkel is owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and CVC Capital Partners and is the second private equity-owned Dutch firm after […]
(Reuters) – Sterling Financial Corp (STSA.O) said Boston-based Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. (THL) agreed to invest $134.7 million in the company, as the company posted a quarterly loss and its shares fell 25 percent. The investment is contingent on the company’s converting $303 million of preferred stock held by the U.S. Treasury into common […]
Gresham Private Equity has sponsored a £32.8 million management buyout of UK-based telecom services company Team Telecom Group from Spice PLC.
Warburg Pincus has agreed to invest around €79.2 million into AmRest, a listed restaurant operator in Eastern and Central Europe. The PIPE transaction would give Warburg Pincus nearly a 25% ownership stake, with an option to increase its position to 33 percent. www.warburgpincus.com