Virgin Active, the UK-based health and fitness group owned by Virgin Group, has completed its acquisition of Holmes Place's UK business from Permira and Bridgepoint. The deal included
ImpreMedia LLC, a New York-based publisher of Spanish-language newspapers, has acquire Vista Magazine, a dual-language general interest publications with a circulation of one million. No financial terms were disclosed. ImpreMedia is a portfolio company of Halyard Capital and Clarity Partners. www.impremedia.com www.vistamagazine.com
HealthMedia Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of online behavior change interventions, has acquired MySelfHelp.com, a provider of online behavioral health interventions, including programs for depression and insomnia. No financial terms were disclosed. HealthMedia has raised over $13 million in VC funding from firms like Chrysalis Ventures, Avalon Ventures, the Princeton Fund and Arboretum Ventures. […]
Buffets Inc., an Egan, Minn.-based portfolio company of Caxton-Iseman Capital, has completed its $16.25 per share acquisition of Ryan's Restaurant Group Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: RYAN). Leverage for the deal was arranged by Credit Suisse Securities, UBS Securities and Goldman, Sachs & Co., which resulted in a full refinancing of Buffets' and Ryan's existing debt; and […]
SGS International Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based provider of graphics and packaging services, has acquired two companies: The Box Room Ltd., a UK-based artwork and project management services company; and the packaging division of Lukkien Foto & Design BV, a Netherlands-based media and advertising services company. No financial terms were disclosed. SGS is a portfolio company […]
Springer Science & Business Media, a German portfolio company of Cinven and Candover, has approached rival publisher and conference organizer Informa about a takeover. The talks are in their early stages, but the combined company would be worth in excess of
Today represents the end of Q3 2006, which means that it’s time for a quick look back on the quarter’s PE-backed IPO activity. Buyout-backed offerings bested VC-backed offerings in terms of both volume and total raised (see chart below), but LBO-backed companies were not so fortunate in the aftermarket. The average aftermarket performance for […]
Today represents the end of Q3 2006, which means that it’s time for a quick look back on the quarter’s PE-backed IPO activity. Buyout-backed offerings bested VC-backed offerings in terms of both volume and total raised (see chart below), but LBO-backed companies were not so fortunate in the aftermarket. The average aftermarket performance for VC-backed […]