MidOcean Partners portfolio company Bushnell Outdoor Products is to acquire Primos Hunting of Flora, Miss. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Kansas-based Bushnell is a manufacturer of sports optics, premium eyewear, and outdoor accessories. Primos is a supplier of products to the hunting industry. Its product line includes blinds, scent eliminators, game scents and attractants, [...]

Legal Genie hopes to tap the surging market for legal document providers and is looking for investors

Penton Media, a business to business media company providing content, insight and marketing to 17 industry sectors, has appointed David Kieselstein, previously CEO of TNS North America, as Penton Media CEO. He will also join the Penton board of directors. Kieselstein will be based in New York. Penton is owned by MidOcean Partners and US [...]

Buyout firm MidOcean Partners has acquired a majority stake in Jones & Frank, a provider of equipment distributor and repair, maintenance, and installation services provider to the fueling infrastructure industry. Terms of the deal were not released. Jones & Frank is based in Raleigh, N.C.

Three Ocean Partners, the latest investment banking boutique from David Knowlton, officially launched yesterday although it already has several assignments.

The New York IB will advise on M&A, corporate finance solutions, restructurings and financings. Three Ocean, like its larger rivals Harris Williams and Moelis & Co. , will not have a lending, trading or research arm.

However, the IB will have a merchant banking division that will allow the firm to co-invest alongside clients. Three Ocean will split its practice between private equity and corporate sponsors, says Knowlton, who is managing partner. The IB will focus on consumer products, retail, luxury consumer, industrial, business services, FIG and media, he says.

Sbarro, which is no longer backed by MidOcean Partners, has successfully come out of bankruptcy.

Late Monday, the quick service restaurant said it had emerged from Chapter 11 with significantly reduced debt and a $35 million capital infusion. “Our reorganization plan eliminates more than 70 percent of our debt, and provides access to $35 million in fresh capital from our new ownership group,” said Nicholas McGrane, Sbarro’s interim president and CEO, in a statement.

The New York-based private equity firm MidOcean Partners has acquired Global Knowledge, a Cary, N.C.-based company that annually provides business training to more than 250,000 people within companies and government organizations via training centers and the Internet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE: MidOcean Partners (“MidOcean”), a leading private equity firm, announced [...]

Two restaurant companies owned by Sun Capital Partners Inc. recently filed for bankruptcy, highlighting the risks for the many sponsors that have bought into the cyclical sector in recent months, Buyouts reports in its upcoming issue. Friendly’s Ice Cream Corp. and Real Mex Restaurants Inc. filed for bankruptcy within days of each other, citing a [...]

Here’s a funny thing about investors that back firearms makers and parts suppliers: even if they agree with everything Texas Gov. Rick Perry says, the last thing any of them want is the Republican to win the White House next November. It would be terrible for business. Perry is as likely to back increased restrictions [...]

Pizza chain Sbarro Inc. has reached an agreement with creditors allowing it to attempt to sell itself out of bankruptcy, Reuters reported. The company is slated to seek court approval for its plans on September 26. Lenders include MidOcean Partners III LP and Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II LP.