GTCR has acquired Athletic & Therapeutic Institute, an Illinois-based operator of 44 outpatient physical therapy centers, from KRG Capital Partners and Norwest Mezzanine Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. peHUB reported on the deal earlier this month.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, brands really can travel uphill. Apax Partners' successful ownership of apparel company Tommy Hilfiger is living proof. When the buyout firm took Tommy Hilfiger private in 2006, Tommy-branded apparel was being sold by warehouse outlet stores at deep discounts. Apax saw value in its international operations, and plunked down $450 million in equity for a total deal value of $1.6 billion. The firm promoted Fred Gehring from head of Europe to CEO, and embarked on two years of intense turnaround execution. Apax and Tommy's management sold its distribution business, acquired of licensees and aggressively expanded stores. Furthermore, Apax helped return Tommy Hilfiger to its status as a higher-end apparel brand by cutting back lower-end distribution and improving product quality. Ebitda increased by 42 percent under Apax's ownership, and debt fell from 4.3x Ebitda to 1.5x. That all happened in a matter of two years.
Senior Care Centers of America, a Clearview Capital portfolio company, has acquired Wilkes-Barre, Penn.-based Valley Crest Adult Day Care. The transaction closed on January 8, and is the fifth acquisition made by Senior Care since Clearview Capital's initial investment in 2005.
LONDON (Reuters) – Montagu Private Equity agreed to sell French medical diagnostics business Sebia to rival Cinven, the latest in a series of buyouts focused in niche areas of healthcare. The deal announced on Monday values Sebia at about 800 million euros including debt, 12.5 times its 2009 earnings, sources familiar with the situation said. […]
ONCAP Management Partners, the mid-market private equity unit of Onex Corp., has agreed to acquire Sport Supply Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RBI), a maker and distributor of sporting goods and branded team uniforms to the institutional and team sports market. The deal is valued at approximately $169 million, or $13.55 per share in cash.
Denham Capital has agreed to sell the assets of Excel Telecommunications to Matrix Telecom Inc., a portfolio company of Platinum Equity. No financial terms were disclosed. Excel is an Irving, Texas-based provider of integrated voice and data communications products and services to residential, commercial and carrier customers.
LONDON (Reuters) – British fashion group French Connection (FCCN.L) is selling its loss-making Nicole Farhi brand and closing most of its U.S. stores, completing a restructuring aimed at returning it to profitability. The group, which has previously exited businesses in Japan and Northern Europe, said on Monday its after tax losses widened to 24.9 million […]
SS&C Technologies Inc., a Windsor, Conn.-basedfinancial management software company backed by The Carlyle Group, has set its IPO terms to 10.73 million shares being offered at between $13 and $15 per share. This is a reduction in the company’s plans, as it originally filed last December to raise $300 million. It had previously filed for, […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Private equity firm KKR and Warner Music Group (WMG.N) are in talks to launch a break-up bid for Warner’s indebted British rival EMI, the Sunday Times newspaper said. The paper said KKR is interested in acquiring the music publishing arm of EMI, which it says bankers value at around 1.2 billion pounds […]
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital (CCAP.CA) has invested 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($183 million) in three Nile river ports and wants to invest in two more in the country, the daily al-Mal reported on Sunday. The firm is also eyeing investments in Sudanese river ports, and plans to link its port […]