British private equity firm Charterhouse [CHCAP.UL] is working with JP Morgan (JPM.N) on options for healthcare company Tunstall, in a deal which could value the company at up to 700 million pounds ($1.1 billion), a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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French telecommunications group Altice SA said it agreed to buy Suddenlink Communications in a deal valuing the company at $9.1 billion to enter the fast-growing U.S. cable sector.
Private equity firm BC Partners [BCPRT.UL] said on Wednesday it will sell a 40.25 percent stake in its supermarket chain Migros (MGROS.IS) to Turkish conglomerate Anadolu Endustri Holding AS.
Pet supply retailer PetSmart Inc succumbed to calls from some shareholders for a sale on Sunday with an agreement to be bought by a private equity consortium led by BC Partners Ltd for $8.7 billion, in the largest leveraged buyout of the year.
Buyout firms KKR & Co LP (KKR.N) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (CD&R) have teamed up to take PetSmart Inc (PETM.O) private for more than $7.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as the auction for the pet food retailer heats up.
Canadian buyout firm Onex Corp (OCX.TO) is leading the bidding for Swiss juice-box maker SIG Combibloc Group, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
British media and education group Pearson has agreed to sell its Mergermarket news service for 382 million pounds ($624 million), to invest in its global education business.
Ikaria Inc is being fought over by BC Partners Ltd, Onex Corp and American Securities LLC, of which the bidding war could fetch up to USD 2 billion for the former, according to sources who were familiar with the matter.
Johnson & Johnson received numerous preliminary offers from hedge funds interested in acquiring its Ortho Clinical Diagnostics unit, said a Reuters report.
London-focused real estate agent Foxtons said it would be selling new shares and company shares in its planned IPO to raise GBP 55 million.
Sources said that BC Partners Ltd would be holding its IPO a month earlier than originally planned.
Fitness First executives stated they would be investing GBP77.5 million into the company's operations in a bid to enhance their presence worldwide.
BC Partners have finally closed the deal to acquire Springer Science from EQT V and GIC.
Scientific journal publisher Springer Science will soon be acquired by BC Partners for over 3 billion euros.
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