Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group are considering a bid for Singapore's Goodpack Ltd, sources told Reuters, eyeing the container maker a few weeks after its takeover talks with Australian pallet maker Brambles ended.
Medical Marketing Economics has received an undisclosed investment from angelMD, a healthcare-focused private equity firm led by physicians. Based in Oxford, Mississippi, MME is a provider of strategies and market research for health care goods and services.
Tenex Capital Management has acquired Carex Health Brands, which sells home medical equipment to consumers through drug stores, mass merchants and grocery retailers, from Ancor Capital Partners and Merit Capital Partners. Tenex will merge Carex with portfolio company Roscoe Medical.
Victory Park Capital has acquired most of the assets of Surefire Industries, a Houston, Texas-based manufacturer and global supplier of equipment and solutions for onshore and offshore hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing, cementing, nitrogen and fluid pumping services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Spire Capital has acquired Accuship.com, Iron Data Solution's transportation spend management division. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, Iron Data TSM provides services to customers around the world across multiple end market verticals, including consumer, retail, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare among others.
Velocity Technology Solutions has completed its acquisition of Titan Technology Partners for around $80 million. This transaction is being financed through a combination of additional investment from Velocity's existing investor group led by Silver Lake Sumeru and bank funding.
Intervale Capital-backed Antelope Oil Tool & Manufacturing has acquired CTE Industries. Headquartered in Edmonton, AB, CTE was founded in 2006, and is an independent manufacturer and supplier of oilfield cementation equipment.
Boathouse Capital has partnered with the management team and employees of MIS Training Institute to acquire the US and UK operations of the company from its former parent, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Based in Southborough, MA, MIS Training Institute is a provider of professional education and training in the areas of internal audit, IT audit, and information security management.
Osisko Mining Corp (TSX: OSK) has agreed to the purchase of 50% interest of its mining and exploration assets by Yamana Gold Inc (TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY) for around $930 million. The deal reflects a $441.5 million cash payment by the Toronto-based Yamana and 95.7 million in shares. Additionally, Osisko has entered into arrangements totaling $550 million with CPPIB Credit Investments and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for the sale of a gold stream on its Canadian Malartic Mine and an increase in its credit facility. Combined investments will generate $1 billion in cash to be distributed to Osisko shareholders, the Montréal-based company said. Osisko investors will vote on the Yamana deal no later than May 20, 2014. In January, the Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc (TSE: G) made a hostile $2.6 billion bid to acquire Osisko.
Canadian investment and merchant banking firm Pinetree Capital has bought 10 million common shares and 10 million common share purchase warrants of Mooncor Oil & Gas Corp (TSX Venture: MOO). The transaction represents approximately 11.8% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the company. Based in Calgary, Mooncor is a junior oil and gas exploration and development company.