Here are some potential M&A ideas, rumored or official, to jumpstart your deal pipeline. Our sources are various news reports and the Buyouts "Seeking Buyers" list. For prior lists, see below. IntriCon Corp. (Nasdaq: IIN) plans to divest its non-core electronics business unit, RTI Electronics Inc. The Arden Hills, Minn.-based company's board approved the move to liquidate the assets and expects to complete the sale by mid-year. The maker of body-worn medical and electronic devices will book a charge of $1.4 million to $1.8 million for the divestiture. For the first nine months of 2009, IntriCon's sales fell to $41.5 million from $50.1 million a year earlier. Its RTI Electronics unit generated sales of $4 million for the latest quarter, down about 30 percent from a year earlier. Argyce LLC was seeking a buyer for the drug development program assets of Genaera Corp.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) is investigating possible fraudulent trading by two former executives at Psagot, the country’s largest investment house. The ISA said it suspected former Psagot executives David Edry and Shai Ben-David made proprietary investments designed to manipulate the value of various securities in an attempt to boost the investment […]
Castanea Partners has invested in, and plans to merge, two direct marketers of branded nutritional supplements: Hueytown, Ala-based Health Resources and Carson City, Nev.-based Vitamin Research Products. No financial terms were disclosed for either deal.
Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired Wencor Group LLC, a Springville, Utah-based provider of PMA parts to the commercial aircraft sector. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which includes a co-investment from Wencor founder Brent Wood.
Action Carting Environmental, a green waste collection company, has agreed to acquire both East End Sanitation Inc. and select New York City assets of Republic Services Inc. (NYSE: RSG). No pricing terms were disclosed. Comerica Bank provided leverage, while existing sponsor Ironwood Capital and new investor Summer Street Capital Partners provided equity funding.
Total Safety U.S. Inc., a Houston, Texas-based portfolio company of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, has acquired ICU Environmental, Health & Safety, a provider of environmental, health and safety services to public and private sector clients. No financial terms were disclosed.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The owners of cable provider Kabel Deutschland have asked for indicative bids for the German company by next Monday in what may turn out to be the biggest leveraged buyout in more than two years, sources familiar with the matter said. “They want to get a feeling for the offers and root […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian private equity firm CHAMP hopes to appoint advisers this week for a likely initial public offering of its Manassen Foods holding,” a source with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters on Tuesday. Interviews were being conducted with five investment banks over Tuesday and Wednesday, the source said on condition of […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Three U.S. private equity firms are on a shortlist to submit final bids for Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N) $1 billion plus stake in China’s top investment bank, three sources briefed on the bidding process said on Tuesday. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Bain Capital and TPG Capital are competing to buy a […]
LONDON (Reuters) – British budget fashion chain New Look launched its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, hoping to take advantage of a tentative recovery in new issues and banish the ghosts of the last big UK retail IPO. New Look said it planned to raise 650 million pounds ($1 billion) to cut its […]