Transactions

Third-generation family shareholders of Salice SpA (“Salice” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), Francesca, Massimo and Sergio Salice, sold a majority stake in the Group to Cobepa S.A., a Belgian investment company backed by large entrepreneurial European families.

The shareholders of G.F. S.r.l. (“GF Garden”), an historical manufacturer of garden equipment in Italy, sold 100% of the share capital to EXEL Industries, the French listed global leader in spraying solutions.

Famar Srl, an Italian apparel designer and manufacturer, sold a majority stake to Holding Industriale (Hind), a company that invests in small and medium-sized companies representative of the “Made in Italy” philosophy, through its subsidiary Holding Moda.

Ivela, a company active in the production and marketing of lighting fixtures made in Italy, was sold to Star Capital SGR S.p.A., through the holding company Starlight Group, a subsidiary of Star IV Private Equity Fund.

The independent private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners acquired 63.7% of Selematic S.p.A., an Italian company leader in the production of automatic secondary packaging machines for the food, pet food and disposable sectors, from Vertis SGR and the other shareholders.

​The Limonta family signed a binding agreement for the entry of Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A., an independent and diversified industrial group listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, in Limonta S.p.A., partly through a capital increase and partly through the purchase of shares.

Customs Support Group, a European customs services provider (backed by Castik Capital), acquired Italian companies Mollica and MACC (Gruppo Mollica).

BH S.r.l., the holding company of the Bertolotti family that heads the IVAR Group, acquired 40% of IVAR S.p.A., a company already controlled by BH and one of the leading players in the design and manufacturing of highly energy-efficient heating and plumbing systems.

Metra Group, an aluminum extrusion producer, acquired 100% of Rustici, an Italian manufacturer of railway structural components.