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Gryphon Investors has agreed to acquire G.I. Joe's Inc., a Wilsonville, Ore.
CVC Capital Partners and KKR have agreed to buy Dutch waste management company Van Gansewinkel. No financial terms were disclosed. The firms then would merge Van Ganswwinkel with joint portfolio company AVR, which they acquired last year.
Newbridge Capital has agreed to acquire a control stake in Taiwan-based Union Insurance Co. from Rebar Asia Pacific Group, according to Reuters. The deal is valued at $100 million.
HM Capital Partners has put meatpacker Swift & Co. on the block, just months after a federal raid on illegal immigrants resulted in 1,282 Swift workers being arrested. HM and fellow shareholder Booth Creek Management have retained JPMorgan to review strategic and financial alternatives. The two firms acquired Swift from ConAgra Foods in 2002 for […]
Lone Star Funds has completed its sale of restaurant chain Shoney's to Royal Capital for an undisclosed amount. Lone Star had agreed to sell Shoney's last year to Centrum Properties, but the deal later fell through and got mired in litigation.
Metalmark Capital has agreed to acquire the North American packaging operations of SCA (Nasdaq: SVCBY) for $400 million. The group has annual sales of approximately $430 million, and focuses on protective packaging, consumer packaging and temperature-assurance packaging solutions. www.metalmarkcapital.com www.sca.com
The Carlyle Group bid approximately $4.7 billion for Tribune Corp.'s broadcasting and entertainment unit, according to The New York Post. Tribune also received bids for the entire company from the Chandler family and from Eli Broad/Ron Burkle. www.carlyle.com www.tribune.com
CanWest Global Communications Corp. and GS Capital Partners have agreed to acquire Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. for Cdn$53 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately Cdn$2.3 billion. Alliance Atlantis is a Toronto-based entertainment broadcaster.
American Securities Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in NEP Broadcasting from Apax Partners and Spectrum Equity Investors. No financial terms were disclosed. NEP is a Pittsburgh
Pepper Dining Inc., an affiliate of Olympus Partners, has agreed to acquire 89 Chili's Grill & Bar restaurants from Brinker International Inc. (NYSE: EAT). No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which also includes plans to Pepper Dining to develop and additional 20 to 44 new franchised Chili's locations. www.chilis.com