(PRESS RELEASE) TRIESTE, 03-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Assicurazioni Generali SpA announces the closing of the sale of its entire stake in Generali Belgium SA to Athora Holding Ltd. in line with the terms already announced to the market on April 18, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Insurance, Investment, Italy
Tagged acquisition, Assicurazioni Generali, assistance, Athora Holding, Belgium, Generali, Generali Belgium SA, insurance, stake
Signature of an agreement to acquire a 50.01% shareholding in London Gatwick Airport (“LGW”) Strategic move into the London airport system, the world’s largest metropolitan aviation market Second largest airport in the UK and eighth busiest in Europe, with a … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Investment, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, AIRPORT, Aviation, Gatwick, LGW, London Gatwick Airport, Nicolas Notebaert, travel, VINCI, VINCI Airports
(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 28-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) has completed the sale of its shares in Shell entities in New Zealand, to OMV for $578 million. This includes the Māui, Pohokura, and Tank Farm assets, … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged acquisition, assets, Māui, New Zealand, OMV, Pohokura, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell, Zoe Yujnovich
(PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG/ KIEL, 20-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — HSH Nordbank will provide international investment managers First State Investments (FSI) as the mandated lead arranger (MLA) with € 75 million as part of an acquisition loan totalling € 364 million. FSI will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Estonia, Financial, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged acquisition, bank, Dr Marcus Kleiner, Estonia, First State Investments, FSI, heating, HSH Nordbank, infrastructure, investment, loan, utilities
STOCKHOLM, 19-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Ramudden AB (Ramudden), a Triton IV company, has acquired ViaSafe Sweden AB (ViaSafe) from construction company NCC AB (NCC). ViaSafe manages road safety solutions in nine Swedish cities and has an annual turnover of approximately 100 … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, NCC AB, Ramudden, Ramudden AB, road safety, safety, Triton IV, ViaSafe, ViaSafe Sweden AB, work zone safety
STOCKHOLM/ ROTTERDAM, 19-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Funds advised by Triton (“Triton“) have signed an agreement to acquire Sunweb Group (“Sunweb”), a leading European online tour operator. Terms of the transaction are not disclosed. Founded 1991 in Netherlands, and with more than … Read the full press release
Posted in Investment, Netherlands, Sweden, Travel
Tagged acquisition, funds, holidays, Joost Romeijn, Peder Prahl, Sunweb Group, Tour operator, travel, Triton
The transaction represents EQT Real Estate’s fourth acquisition in Paris – a 9,050 square metre vacant office property for a price of EUR 42 million The property is located on rue Mozart in Clichy Saint-Ouen, North Paris, less than 200 … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Investment, Management, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, Clichy, EQT, EQT Real Estate I, fund, office, Office property, Olivier Astruc, Paris, property, real estate
LUXEMBOURG, 17-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Funds will support company’s acquisition of several well-established skincare brands from CCS Healthcare CVC Credit Partners (“CVC Credit”) announced today that CVC Credit’s European Direct Lending business has provided its second round of financing to … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged acquisition, Avista Capital, BioClin BV, CCS, CCS Healthcare, Christopher Fowler, Consumer HealthCare, CVC Credit Partners, financing, investment, Magnus Nylén, MultiGyn, MultiMam, pharmaceuticals, skincare brands, Trimb Healthcare
STOCKHOLM, 17-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ASSA ABLOY has acquired Lorient, a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance door sealing systems based in the UK with half of sales exported outside of the UK and EU. “I am very pleased to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, ASSA ABLOY, door opening solutions, door sealing systems, fire protection, Lorient, Neil Vann, Nico Delvaux, safety, SECURITY, UK
BRUSSELS, PARIS, FRANKFURT, 14-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Dexia and Helaba today announce that they have signed a sale and purchase agreement allowing Helaba to buy 100% of the shares in Dexia Kommunalbank Deutschland (DKD) for a total consideration of EUR 352 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Financial, France, Germany
Tagged acquisition, BANKING, Dexia Kommunalbank Deutschland (DKD), Financial, Helaba, Herbert Hans Grüntker, shares, Wouter Devriendt
UTRECHT, 10-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — V&S Foodspecialist (V&S), a Dutch manufacturer of hand-made satay, ethnic and vegetarian snacks has attracted a new shareholder: Rabo Participaties. The Leiden based company is a renowned producer for various European customers, especially in the … Read the full press release
Closing of sale to Procter & Gamble at a cash purchase price of € 3.4 billion completed Successful completion allows Merck to further focus on innovation driven businesses in Healthcare, Life Science and Performance Materials Transaction successfully closed within an ambitious timeframe … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged acquisition, Belén Garijo, divestment, health, Marcus Kuhnert, Merck, P&G, Procter & Gamble, science
LONDON/ ROTTERDAM, 04-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Health Food Drinks portfolio (GSK HFD) of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in India, Bangladesh and 20 other predominantly Asian markets. The transaction consists of three elements: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Management, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, ASIA, Bangladesh, GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare, Horlicks, INDIA, MERGER, Nitin Paranjpe, Nutrition, Sanjiv Mehta, Unilever
As communicated in May 2018, SIX, the parent company of SIX Payment Services, announced today the completion of the acquisition of SIX Payment Services by Worldline. As part of this transaction SIX now holds a 27% equity stake in Worldline … Read the full press release
ZUG, 30-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Infront subsidiary XLETIX GmbH has acquired the BARMER Women’s Run series from Motor Presse Stuttgart, expanding its presence within Germany’s running series market. The new agreement means Infront now owns the two biggest women-only running … Read the full press release
Posted in Marketing, Media, Sports, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, BARMER Women's Run series, fitness, Hans-Peter Zurbruegg, Infront, Motor Presse Stuttgart, Muddy Angels Run, races, runners, running, sport, Wolfgang Melcher, XLETIX GmbH
VINCI Airports s’est vu attribuer le prix du « Deal of 25 years », récompensant son acquisition des 10 aéroports portugais (ANA) en 2013, lors de la 25ème édition du GAD World, qui se tenait à Hambourg du 26 au … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Awards, France, Germany, Investment
Tagged acquisition, aériennes, aéroport, GADWorld, investisseurs, prix, VINCI Airports
VINCI Airports was voted the “Deal of Quarter Century” in recognition of its acquisition of 10 Portuguese airports (ANA) in 2013 at the 25th GAD World event held in Hamburg from 26 to 29 November 2018. Rueil-Malmaison, France, 29-Nov-2018 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Awards, Construction, France, Germany
Tagged acquisition, airlines, AIRPORT, airports, Award, GAD World, GADWorld, VINCI Airports
PARIS, France/ ARAXA, Brazil, 23-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Total has entered into an agreement with Brazilian company Grupo Zema to acquire its fuel distribution company Zema Petróleo, its reseller and retailer arm Zema Diesel as well as its importation company Zema … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Retail
Tagged acquisition, Brazil, fuel distribution, fuel retail, Grupo Zema, Total
TOKYO, Japan, 14-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ricoh Company, Ltd. today announced that the company has reached an agreement to buy ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH (hereafter “ColorGATE”), a leading software provider in the printing industry with a specific competence in … Read the full press release
Kaplan strengthens Accenture Interactive’s customer experience offerings and data-driven marketing capabilities in the Nordics STOCKHOLM, 14-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Stockholm-based Kaplan, a provider of data-driven customer relationship management services, that transforms customer experiences through strategic, analytical, technology, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Accenture, acquisition, Anatoly Roytman, CRM, Johan Nordenström, Kaplan, marketing, Mattias Boman, Nordics
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