Destination Maternity Corporation announces that it does not intend to make an offer for Mothercare plc and is withdrawing its proposal for a possible combination with Mothercare. On 2 July 2014, Destination Maternity made an ...
Tags: Destination Maternity, Mothercare Merger's Offer, Apparel
Tommie Copper Holdings, Inc., the original innovator and first-mover in the new category of copper-infused performance apparel, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Tengram Capital Partners ("Tengram"), a private ...
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US-based private equity firm CHS Capital could be eyeing to sell its rigid packaging supplier TricorBraun, which is valued at $1.3bn, including debt. TricorBraun, which is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the largest ...
Tags: CHS, TricorBraun, Packaging
UK car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has entered into administration with the loss of 1,244 jobs. KPMG's Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston have been appointed as joint administrators. The administrators have sold part of ...
Private equity firm Arbor Investments has completed the sale of its Fund I portfolio company Truco Enterprises, a producer of tortilla chips, salsa and queso, to Insignia Capital Group for an undisclosed amount. Truco, which was founded ...
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Company expected to look at returning business to online-only presence. Morrisons has sold its childrenswear business, Kiddicare for £2 million to private equity firm Endless. According to reports this morning, Endless - which ...
Tags: Toys
Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
Tags: Meat, pork, meat industry, Agriculture, Food
BASF has successfully closed the previously announced transaction to divest its PolyAd Services business unit to Edgewater Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. Edgewater Capital Partners intends to further ...
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If TPG Capital LP decides to take American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. public, it might recoup its initial investment and more. Recent acquisitions, however, will make an initial public offering (IPO) less profitable. The private ...
Tags: Tire, Tyre, Auto Parts
Dubai International Capital (DIC) has signed a $1.7bn (£1bn) agreement for the sale of Germany-based packaging group Mauser to private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) Mauser, global producer of rigid industrial packaging ...
Castle Harlan, the New York-based middle-market private equity firm, announced that Castle Harlan Partners V has agreed to sell Pretium Packaging to Genstar Capital, a private equity firm based in San Francisco. Pretium Packaging, ...
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R.G. Barry Corporation, the parent of Dearfoams, signed a merger agreement pursuant to which Mill Road Capital, a private equity firm, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of R.G. Barry for $19.00 per share in cash, reflecting an ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC, the manufacturer of archery and bow hunting products and accessories, has been acquired by Snow Phipps Group, LLC, a New York-based private-equity firm. FeraDyne designs, manufactures and markets category-leading ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Private equity firm Actis has acquired a significant minority stake in Chinese biscuit brand Jiashili Food Group. Jiashili produces plain biscuits and crackers, and holds a major share of the plain biscuit market in China. Actis is ...
Tags: biscuits, Agriculture, Food
Olympus Partners, a US-based private equity firm, is set to acquire protective packaging materials and systems manufacturer Pregis Corporation North America. Pregis president and CEO Kevin Baudhuin said the company has established a track ...