Even with Magna (another investment grade company) accounting for 79 % of rental revenue, I continue to think that Granite REIT offers excellent short - term (due to recent interest from
a private equity buyer) and long - term potential (given the low P / FFO).
But on modest assumptions
a private equity buyer could get a decent return — and kick - start Unilever's reinvention.
The Nordstrom family is moving ahead with finding
a private equity buyer for the Seattle - based department store chain, sources said.
Local oil and gas company Antares Energy has sold its two remaining assets in the Permian Basin in Texas to an undisclosed
private equity buyer, for about $ US250 million ($ A360 million).
The data shows
private equity buyers on the sidelines.
At that point, large
private equity buyers begin to enter the picture, because they can purchase the company with borrowed money and use the company's own cash flow to service the debt.
The Street reports several
private equity buyers have expressed interest in a deal that would value the company at around $ 2.5 billion.
Rabobank, which has been given the commission to sell the company, will approach both strategic and
private equity buyers for Bugaboo.
Two private equity firms will pay $ 1.23 billion for Australian drug developer and marketer iNova Pharmaceuticals, in the latest sign that
private equity buyers are cashed up and willing to write big cheques.
While analysts have welcomed Wesfarmers» decision to hive off Coles to focus on faster - growing businesses such as Bunnings and Kmart, some have questioned why the board has not tried to secure a premium by selling the entire food and liquor business to trade or
private equity buyers or through an initial public offering.
Wesfarmers - owned retail operation Coles has received approaches from
private equity buyers offering up to $ 300 million for its Vintage Cellars liquor chain.
As reported by The Australian Financial Review earlier this month, the Wesfarmers - owned supermarket and liquor group has received approaches from
private equity buyers wanting to buy the Vintage Cellars liquor chain for up to $ 300 million.
Jimmy Choo could also generate interest from
private equity buyers or investment firms in Asia and the Middle East.
Possible buyers include Match Group, non-U.S. based strategic buyers, and
private equity buyers.
11) On principle 11 — BRK distinguishes itself among
private equity buyers by leaving distinctive corporate cultures in place, and not interfering with them.
The private equity buyers would use the free cash flow to repay the bank debt incurred, and five years from now, would IPO Allstate at a higher valuation.
Many of the foreign money pools typically use between 50 % and 70 % of debt to finance their acquisitions, which is a lot less than
private equity buyers, ambitious and busy investors who in some cases have used upwards of 95 % in debt.
Perhaps surprisingly, experts say
private equity buyers, even big, leveraged ones, will come back by next year.
For the next several months,
private equity buyers might put down more cash and execute a «stock swap» for real estate assets, especially if REITs are selling cheap.
In the longer run, the same capital reality that financed
the private equity buyers and caused the real estate boom — a worldwide capital glut, and resultant grasping for higher yields — will rescue property and put cash behind private equity buyers again.
Potential
private equity buyers are primed.
U.S. - based
private equity buyers are finding deals across the pond as Europe's «bad banks» continue to push more non-performing loan portfolios to the sale market.
As Best Buy tries to put its house in order, several
private equity buyers may be getting ready to pounce on the retailer.
Not exact matches
Answer and solution: Term Sheet readers are aware that the
private equity industry is increasingly facing an inventory problem — viable targets are too expensive, activist shareholders are forcing companies to do PE - style cost - cutting while they're public, and corporate
buyers have so much cash they can afford to pay high premiums.
«We were not looking for a
buyer when they approached us,» recalls Martin Spirig, a partner at Invision
Private Equity, the Swiss firm that purchased Feintechnik, along with Austrian - based Alpine
Equity Management, in 2007.
One would - be
buyer, a
private equity firm from New York City, said it lacked the funds to buy the company.
With the company still posting losses and bleeding subscribers,
private equity firms and other
buyers may not want to step up.
Chinese
buyers — and Blackstone Group (bx), the New York - based
private equity firm overseeing them.
Finally, via the new ERP system, the
private equity fund will be able to provide better data and show the value of this investment to the next
buyer.
Search funds make particular sense for business owners who may have been told by
private equity or strategic
buyers that their enterprise is too small.
It was taken
private in 2014 for $ 3 billion by a group of buyers that included company Chairman Yuzhu Shi and private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asi
private in 2014 for $ 3 billion by a group of
buyers that included company Chairman Yuzhu Shi and
private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asi
private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia
equity firm Baring
Private Equity Asi
Private Equity Asia
Equity Asia Ltd..
They acknowledge they've had conversations with bankers and say they've been pitched relentlessly by
private equity firms and other would - be
buyers, but they are having too much fun to sell.
The
buyer, who will seek financing for the deal, was U.S.
private equity firm Indigo Partners.
Last week, reports surfaced claiming that Yahoo had shortlisted 10 potential
buyers for its core Internet business, with possible bidders including Verizon (VZ) and
private equity firm TPG Capital.
Rather, its problems are related to the rise of fracking, which depressed the natural - gas prices that
private -
equity buyers had expected would climb and help the company boost revenue and service its debt.
Amherst developed and pursued a comprehensive sale process, identifying and approaching a robust list of potential acquirers that included global Fortune 500 companies and national
private equity firms, in addition to numerous middlemarket strategic and financial
buyers.
Strategic
buyers increasingly see
private equity ownership as a stamp of approval in otherwise unfamiliar markets, and many are eager to expand in the region.
By the same token, he says,
private equity firms face stiff competition from strategic
buyers and a growing number of other financing options, including pension funds, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs).
But there is an attractive alternative group of
buyers with ample capital and expertise:
private equity firms.
Neiman, purchased by
private -
equity firms TPG and Warburg Pincus LLC for $ 4.9 billion in 2005, had been looking for an outright
buyer for the retail chain while simultaneously laying the groundwork for an initial public offering of stock.
This week, Devon Energy (DVN.N) said it sold some shale - gas assets in Texas for $ 553 million to a
buyer that Tudor Pickering Holt energy analysts identified as a
private equity firm.
If there's not a single
buyer that will take on both the assets and liabilities without the government assuming
private default risk, Bear's assets should be put out for bid, Bear's bonds should go into default, and by the unfortunate reality of how
equities work, Bear's shareholders shouldn't get $ 2 - they should get nothing.
Springtree Group has long - standing relationships with numerous niche lenders, as well as traditional banks and
private equity firms that specialize in these kinds of transactions, and can structure a financial arrangement that works for both the
buyer and the seller.
Street Talk can reveal Melbourne - based Baillieu Holst has been hired to find a
buyer for the business and has been marketing the short term loans provider to financial services industry players and
private equity firms in recent weeks.
The influx of
private equity into the chain restaurant space and the continuous evolution of non-commercial operators means
buyers not only have bigger budgets but also bigger demands from their suppliers.
CHAMP
Private Equity has officially dumped plans for a $ 1 billion - plus public float of Australia's second - largest wine company, Accolade Wines, after fresh overtures from potential Chinese
buyers and the sharp drop in the British pound following the Brexit vote.
Accolade Wines, which makes Hardys, Leasingham, Banrock Station and Grant Burge Wines, earlier this week pulled the plug on a planned $ 1 billion - plus float of the business because of the big shifts in the UK market, and also after overtures from potential Chinese
buyers or commercial partners of Accolade, which is 80 per cent owned by CHAMP
Private Equity.
Fund managers believe there is scope for
private equity or trade
buyers to buy Masters on the cheap, in the same way that Anchorage Capital Partners paid $ 94 million for Dick Smith in 2012, only to float it two years later for more than $ 500 million.
Treasury Wine Estates chief executive Mike Clarke is unequivocal — there have been no other approaches from other potential
buyers other than the $ 3.05 billion proposal from
private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
The US wine business is now estimated to be worth about $ 900 million, meaning any new
buyer of the entire Treasury operations will be able to get their hands on $ 2 billion in tax losses to offset against capital gains elsewhere, which is highly appealing to large global
private equity funds.