Transactions

Skidabrader, a specialist in road and runway texturing, was sold to Frontline Road Safety, the largest provider of pavement marking services in the US.

HOFOR A/S, the largest public utility in Greater Copenhagen, entered a strategic partnership with Elimini, a carbon removal company and the US subsidiary of the UK-listed Drax Group, to develop a large-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility at Amagerværket in Copenhagen, a DKK multi-billion investment.

Swedish department store chain Åhléns and Finish retailer SOK engaged in procurement cooperation.

all4cloud GmbH & Co. KG, a cloud ERP specialist, was sold to Evora IT Solutions Group GmbH, a subsidiary of Allgeier SE (WKN A2GS63).

JOST Werke SE, a global Tier-1 supplier of systems, modules, and components for commercial vehicles with EUR 1,800 million revenue and 7,500 employees, operating in more than 35 countries with sales and production sites across six continents, signed an agreement to sell the Hyva Crane Business Unit to MUTARES SE & Co. KGaA, the listed private equity holding company.

Petpolymers, one of Brazil’s leading manufacturers of PET preforms, sold 100% of its shares to Amcor, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions.

Premise, a full-service consultancy that provides tailored solutions in engineering, planning, surveying, project management architecture, agricultural and environmental science, was sold to Amey, a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

VDMI, a specialist in the development, production, and filling of cleaning and personal care products, was sold to VE Partners, a Dutch private equity fund focused on supporting mid-sized companies in the Benelux.

Dutch investor Bencis sold CurTec Group B.V., a global leader in high-performance plastic packaging for the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries, to Ampersand Capital Partners.

West Wales Airport, the UK’s leading centre for the testing and evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Systems, was sold to TEKEVER, Europe’s leader in AI-driven autonomous and unmanned systems.

ELBA\REC, a media and communications agency focused on urban development, economy and real estate, was sold to VMN Media, a leading B2B media company.

Orbia Advance Corporation, a global diversified company, sold Hepworth Clay, a UK-based specialist in clay drainage systems, to 4D Capital Partners, a private equity firm.

Datafusion Systems, a leading publisher of cyber and data intelligence solutions, was sold to Lumine Group, a EUR 7.8 billion market cap company known for its long-term investments in communications and media software businesses.

Mindfactory, one of Germany’s leading online stores for gaming and hardware components, was sold to Heise Group, a well-known German media company.

Solutec, a major French IT services and digital transformation group, was sold to the French-listed group Aubay.

Lesaka Technologies, Inc (Nasdaq: LSAK; JSE: LSK) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the issued shares of Bank Zero Mutual Bank.

S4C, the family holding headed by Giorgio Romani, acquired a 30% stake in the ceramics company Gruppo Romani from HPR.

Vollmens Fragrances, an award-winning Brazilian fragrance house, sold a majority stake to Givaudan, the global leader in flavors and fragrances headquartered in Switzerland.

Relay42, a leading, real-time Customer Data Platform (CDP), has joined forces with Supermetrics, the leading marketing intelligence platform.

Sauvale Production, a French producer of organic pet food, was sold to La Compagnie des Insectes.