LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ratos AB (RATOb.ST), the Swedish private equity firm, is seeking to sell Bisnode, the business information firm that operates Dun & Bradstreet (DNB.N) branded credit-checking businesses in 10 European companies. People familiar with the matter said Ratos, backed by the Soderberg family, has hired JPMorgan to manage a sale of Stockholm-based Bisnode. […]
THL Partners has completed its acquisition of Intermedix Corp., a provider of revenue cycle management solutions for emergency services providers, from Parthenon Capital Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. Other selling shareholders included Glenview Capital Management.
LONDON (Reuters) – Alliance Medical’s banks are set to urge it to find a buyer to trump owner Dubai International Capital’s [DUBAHP.UL] (DIC) bid to restructure the business, two sources familiar with the process said. The senior lenders, which include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L), are likely to send a letter to Alliance Medical and its […]
(Reuters) – Los Angeles-based private-equity firm The Gores Group won a bankruptcy court auction for NEC Holdings Corp, the parent of National Envelope Corp, agreeing to pay about $149.9 million in cash for the bankrupt envelope maker. NEV Holdings LLC, an unit of The Gores Group, which had initially bid $134.5 million for the assets, […]
Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire LANDesk Software from Emerson (NYSE: EMR). No financial terms were disclosed. LANDesk is a Salt Lake City-based provider of systems lifecycle management, endpoint security and IT service management.
(Reuters) – Chinese retailer GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd (0493.HK) has set a special meeting date of Sept. 28 to address controversial measures proposed by its jailed founder and biggest shareholder, and said Bain Capital will convert its convertible bond into equity, the company said on Monday. The news came on the same day Gome […]
Enotria Winecellars, a portfolio company of ISIS Equity Partners has acquired Great Western Wine Company Ltd., a Bath, England-based wine distribution company. No financial terms were disclosed.
Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd., a Chinese healthcare device and service operator, has raised $40 million from undisclosed private equity investors.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican consortium, aided by private equity firm Advent International, has stepped up to buy a controlling stake in troubled airline Mexicana after financial woes pushed the carrier to the brink of collapse. Advent helped put the deal together, but the equity firm is not participating as a shareholder in the […]
(Reuters) – Campbell Soup Co (CPB.N), the world’s largest soup maker, is considering making a 1.5 billion pound ($2.3 billion) break up bid for Britain’s United Biscuits, the Sunday Times reported. Campbell is looking to buy the biscuit-making operations, which account for about three quarters of the company, and is less interested in the snacks […]