Smarterville Inc., a provider of supplemental educational content like Hooked on Phonics, has acquired selected operating and brand assets of Educational Resources Inc. and Sunburst Technology Corp. No financial terms were disclosed. Smarterville is a portfolio company of Sterling Partners.
(Reuters) – Tire maker GPX International Tire Corp said on Tuesday its U.S. operations filed for Chapter 11 protection as a result of 44 percent antidumping duties levied by the U.S. Commerce Department against its manufacturing facility in China. GPX, which specializes in making tires for off-road use, said it would use the restructuring process […]
Coachman Industries Inc. (OTC BB: COHM), an Elkhart, Ind.-based home construction company, has raised $20 million in debt financing from an affiliate of H.I.G Capital. The deal includes $10 million of convertible debt funded at closing and a $10 million revolving line of credit.
Franklin Myers has joined Paine & Partners as an operating advisor, with a focus on energy investment opportunities. He is a former advisor and senior executive with Cameron International Corp.
American Securities has completed its $38 per share tender offer for GenTek Inc. (Nasdaq: GETI), a Parsippany, N.J.-based maker of inorganic chemical products and valve actuation systems and components for automotive and heavy-duty engines. The acquisition is expected to close shortly, at a total value of approximately $673 million (including $262m of assumed debt and liabilities).
EQT Partners has agreed to acquire Bulgarian cable television companies Eurocom and CableTel, at a combined enterprise value of more than €200 million. It plans to merge the companies and invest additional capital, alongside current CableTel shareholder Ron Finley.
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Creditors to CCS Medical are hoping to reach agreement to bring the medical equipment supplier out of bankruptcy after a court rejected a plan backed by Highland Capital Management, a source said on Wednesday. The plan to transfer the company’s ownership to creditors led by hedge funds of Highland Capital was […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Myer, Australia’s largest department store chain, raised A$2.2 billion ($2 billion) in the nation’s biggest IPO in two years, selling shares at the lower end of an indicative range, as institutional investors baulked at the rich valuation. Myer said in a statement on Thursday its private equity owners TPG Capital and Blum […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China Investment Corp (CIC), a near-$300 billion sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $700 million in Hopu-backed Iron Mining International Ltd, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The investment would be the Chinese fund’s second involvement this week in a Mongolian mining deal as it shifts its investment strategy to natural […]
(Reuters) – Greenhill & Co Inc (GHL.N) said it agreed to sell the right to launch successor funds to its three merchant banking funds for about $25 million, to focus entirely on its advisory business. The sale price is payable principally in Greenhill common stock, which will be retired, it said. The company, which expects […]