Transactions

Sontay, a UK market leader for the manufacture and supply of building measurement and control peripherals, completed a share buyback structure.

Korus, an interior design and construction services firm, was acquired by Super Build, a general contractor based in Paris with expertise in interior design for commercial and industrial buildings.

Thales Italia, fully controlled by the listed French group Thales, sold its SAP business unit to the Swiss group Amaris.

Clairfield rendered a fairness opinion on parity of shares in a merger for AQUA, the leading designer of civil engineering projects specializing in wastewater treatment and water pipelines.

Intercept, a leading UK cloud-based provider of financial services and insurance, was sold to Alternative.

The management of Homelux and Nenplas acquired the companies from US-based multinational in an MBO.

Womitex, founded in 1982, active in the sale and rental of linen in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, was sold to Blycolin Groep,
international specialist in linen services.

ITC Group is an international specialist in the field of fashion accessories. Clairfield in the Netherlands provided strategic advice to the shareholders of ITC Group. This led to the sale of ITC Sales Promotions (completion 2012) and to the restructuring of fashion accessories.

Enfinity, the Belgian renewable energy developer, has sold its three solar parks installed in the Czech Republic to Verdi Capital, a Czech private equity house.

The Dieseko Group, global leader in the assembly and sale of vibratory hammers and power packs, was acquired through a secondary buy-out by management and NPM Capital from, amongst others, Greenfield Capital Partners.

Axender, distributor of flyers and door-to-door newspapers in the Netherlands, acquired Printaxx, active in online designing and printing of advertisement leaflets and flyers for the consumer market.

Tocardo International B.V., leading company in commercially producing and marketing water turbines, backed by Dutch cleantech investment fund E2 Cleantech, issued new shares to Huisman Worldwide lifting, drilling and subsea solutions.

DMM sold its business in the transportation of ICT products to a company wholly owned by the courier company Sogetras. Sogegroup is active in the transportation of documents in Italy. The sale was conducted through a bankruptcy procedure.

Stuart Turner, leading UK supplier of shower pumps for both the domestic and commercial markets, acquired Techflow.

Stuart Turner, leading UK supplier of shower pumps for both the domestic and commercial markets, acquired Walden & Son (Henley) Limited.

Airport Teuge is one of the largest general aviation airports in The Netherlands. The shareholders, supervisory board and management team asked for strategic advice on the self-dependency of the airport.

ENEA, third largest Polish electrical energy group as well as one of the largest corporations in Poland, acquired Bardy Wind Farm.

ITC Group, international specialist in the field of fashion accessories and sales promotions, sold its Sales Promotion activities to Gemaco Group, active in European sales promotion and promotional items market.

Qbic Hotels, is a low-cost design hotel concept with a location in WTC Amsterdam, attracted financing from a UK based private equity investor, Bridges Ventures. This led to the opening of a new location in London in 2013.

Clifford House, provider of residential care services for children with special needs, was sold to Advanced Childcare Limited.