Olympus Partners has agreed to sell Tank Holdings Corp. to Leonard Green & Partners. The deal is expected to be completed in third quarter. Financial terms weren’t announced. Tank makes and designs proprietary rotationally-molded polyethylene and steel containers. Gary Matt, Richard Siegel, Hank Johnson and Nick Parks of Barclays advised Tank and Olympus. PRESS RELEASE [...]

Leonard Green & Partners has closed its sixth private equity investment fund, Green Equity Investors VI. GEI VI exceeded its original target, closing at its hard cap of $6 billion in limited partner commitments along with $250 million from affiliates of LGP. PRESS RELEASE Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“LGP”) today announced the closing of [...]

Leonard Green & Partners has raised $6.25 billion in commitments for its latest fund.

The Minnesota State Board of Investment, which manages $57.5 billion for several state pension funds, has been ramping-up its private equity program during the last several months, pledging $625 million to four funds at its most recent meeting.

Less than two years after buying Aspen Dental, Leonard Green is getting a paid via a $127 mln dividend. Also, Ares and CPPIB have put in at least $636 mln equity into $1.6 bln buy of 99 Cents Only Stores, according to S&P.

Prospect Medical Holdings has acquired Nix Health Care System, a company that offers San Antonio and the surrounding communities a vast array of medical services ranging from primary care and surgical services to behavioral and rehabilitation services. Prospect Medical Holdings is a healthcare services company headquartered in Los Angeles and backed by private equity firm [...]

Ares Capital has offered $1.55 billion for 99 Cents Only Stores, topping a $1.41 billion offer reportedly made by Leonard Green & Partners, Reuters reported, citing the New York Post. Ares reportedly offered $22 a share for the company. Shares of 99 Cents closed at $20.05 Thursday.

(Reuters) – BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc said shareholders approved its takeover by private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners and funds advised by CVC Capital Partners in a deal worth $2.8 billion. Holders of about 72 percent of the company’s stock voted in favor of the deal while holders of less than a percent of [...]

(Reuters) – Investors agreed to a $16 million settlement of lawsuits stemming from the buyout of clothing retailer J Crew Group Inc by two private equity groups, according to an investor attorney. The settlement is based on an earlier $10 million agreement that collapsed in January, according to Stuart Grant of Grant & Eisenhofer PA, [...]

Three industries saw payments by financial sponsors to investment banks more than double during the first six months of this year, compared to the same period in 2010, according to global data from Freeman & Co. analyzed by sister magazine Buyouts in its August 1 edition. The Energy, power & commodities industry is the leader, based on [...]