Francisco Partners on its pending acquisition of EG, a leading Scandinavian software company, from Axcel for DKK 3.7 billion.
Material Handling Systems, Inc., a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee Partners, on its acquisition of VanRiet Material Handling Systems from Avedon Capital Partners and management.
Bain Capital and Cinven on their EUR 5.3 billion joint public takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG; to date the largest private equity transaction ever realized in the German market.
Canyon Holdings on its merger with public investment vehicle Capitol Acquisition Corp. III.
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on the merger of its Bridon business with the global ropes and advanced cords business of Bekaert N.V.
LANDesk (then a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo) on its acquisition of AppSense.
Solera Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of Autodata, a leading UK provider of digital technical solutions to the automotive industry.
Maxis Communications Berhad in a transaction with Reliance Communications (RCOM) to combine RCOM’s Indian wireless business with Aircel Limited, a subsidiary of Maxis. The transaction is the largest ever consolidation in the Indian telecommunications sector and one of the largest merger of equals in India.
