Here are some potential target ideas, rumored or official, to jumpstart your deal pipeline. Our sources are various news reports and the Buyouts "Seeking Buyers" list. Aker USA, may sell Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA and Aker Drilling USA. (BusinessWeek) Norilsk Nickel is considering selling a control stake in Stillwater Mining Co., according to American Metal Market. (AMM) Palm is seeking buyers after a week of rumours, Bloomberg reported. The company hired Goldman Sachs to shop it. HTC Corp. and Lenovo Group are two potential bidders.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – DynCorp International Inc (DCP.N) has accepted a $1.5 billion takeover bid, including the assumption of debt, from private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, the defense contractor said on Monday, sending its shares up 48 percent. Under the deal approved by DynCorp’s board, shareholders will receive $17.55 in cash for each share […]
Munchkin Inc., a North Hills, Calif.-based maker of infant and toddler products, has sold a "significant minority stake" to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for an undisclosed amount.
LONDON (Reuters) – Jon Moulton’s Better Capital (BCAP.L) on Friday said it had bought the UK arm of Reader’s Digest from its administrator, securing the future of a monthly magazine sent to nearly 500,000 readers. The private-equity firm said on Friday it had bought the business, which also sells books and CDs and runs a […]
Denham Capital has invested an undisclosed amount of equity into Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd., an Australian company that explores and develops iron sands deposits off of New Zealand.
ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) – The insolvency administrator of Karstadt is still in talks with potential investors about a sale of the venerable German department store chain, he said on Monday at a meeting of Karstadt creditors. The creditors are meeting for the second time to vote on the department store chain’s insolvency plan, kicking off […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has joined a consortium working on a bid for Interactive Data Corp (IDC.N), a person familiar with the matter said, as suitors bolster their teams ahead of second round bids. Warburg Pincus has joined an effort by Hellman & Friedman and Silver Lake Partners to get hold […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The owners of Cognis, the German maker of additives for cosmetics and detergents, are in talks with several parties including BASF (BASF.DE) to sell it, two people close to the negotiations said on Friday. Permira and co-owner Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (GS.N), which turned down takeover offers for Cognis as too low […]
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Pizza Kitchen Inc (CPKI.O) is seeking buyers for the restaurant chain, a source familiar with the deal said, sending its shares up as much as 17 percent on Friday. The chain known for gourmet hearth-baked pizzas and creative salads is valued at just over $500 million based on Friday’s […]
PARIS (Reuters) – AXA Private Equity (AXAF.PA) is in talks to buy tour operator Go Voyages from Groupe Arnault and Belgian businessman Albert Frere, Le Figaro newspaper reported. The online seller of holidays and flights would be worth between 300 million euros and 350 million euros ($401 million to $468 million), Le Figaro said. AXA […]