Regal Forest, a portfolio company of Actis, has acquired the Caribbean assets of Courts PLC, a retailer of consumer electronics, appliances and furniture. No financial terms were disclosed. Senior leverage was co-arranged by Scotia Capital and RBTT of Trinidad, while Citigroup financed a junior tier. www.act.is
The Audax Group announced it has acquired Dosicolor, a Buenos Aires, Argentina-based provider of colorants to the plastics industry. No financial terms were disclosed, except that GE Antares Capital and GSO Capital provided leverage. Audax said that it will use Dosicolor as an add-on acquisition for existing portfolio company ColorMatrix Corp., a Berea, Ohio-based manufacturer […]
Towne Holdings Inc., a South Bend, Ind.-based logistics and freight services company, has acquired Complete Transport, a St. Louis-based regional provider of pick-up and delivery and airport-to-airport trucking for the air cargo industry. No financial terms were disclosed. Towne Holdings is a portfolio company of Charterhouse Group. www.towneair.com
Concentra Health Services Inc., an Addison, Texas-based provider of occupational healthcare services, has acquired Industrial Solutions Group Inc., a Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based occupational and environmental health services company. No financial terms were disclosed. Concentra is a portfolio company of Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe. www.concentra.com www.industrial-solutions.net
NPC International Inc., a Lenexa, Kan.-based franchisee and operator of Pizza Hut franchises, has agreed to acquire 59 additional Pizza Hut units located primarily in Idaho and the Spokane Valley for $27.1 million. The sellers are Pizza Hut of Idaho, Rocky Mountain Pizza Huts, Northwest Restaurant Group and Northern Idaho Pizza Huts. NPC was acquired […]
When Craig McCaw’s ClearWire Corp. filed for a $400 million IPO in May 2006, it never got around to filing an amended S-1 with specific offering terms. Instead, the Kirkland, Wash.-based WiMAX company designed a $900 million private equity infusion led by Intel Capital. This time, however, it seems that ClearWire is moving forward. It […]
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ImpreMedia LLC, a New York-based publisher of Spanish-language newspapers, has agreed to acquire the New York version of Hoy and its related weekend pub Fin de Semana from Tribune Co. (NYSE: TRB). No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which does not include Tribune's Hoy properties in Los Angeles or Chicago. ImpreMedia is backed […]
Numericable, a French cable company owned by Cinven, is considering a bid for Iliad SA, according to La Lettre de L'Expansion. The deal would be valued at approximately Euro 5 billion, with Morgan Stanley arranging the leveraged financing.
EMC Corp., an educational publisher owned by The Wicks Group of Cos., has acquired JIST Publishing Inc., an Indianapolis-based publisher of educational materials covering such topics as job search, resumes and career reference. No financial terms were disclosed. www.emcp.com www.jist.com