Transactions

Living Life, a high-acuity children’s care and young adults therapeutic residential care provider, operating under the name The Banyan Tree, was sold to Silver Birch Care.

Clarity Software Group, a high-growth SaaS business, was sold to US-headquartered Inktavo.

Theorem Solutions Limited, a leading engineering software solutions provider, was sold to Tech Soft 3D, a provider of software development toolkits.

Clairfield supported Gama Aviation in the announced GBP 32.6 million tender offer to shareholders and delisting from the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Gama Aviation Plc acquired the trade and assets of Specialist Aviation Services. The transaction significantly increases the scale of Gama Aviation Plc’s Special Mission strategic business unit.

Centrick Property Sales (West Midlands) and Centrick Property Sales (East Midlands) were sold to Lomond Group, a leading UK network of lettings and sales agents.

CEIMIC, one of the leading TIC companies in Latin America, was sold to Phenna Group, a leading global provider of TIC services.

Gama Aviation Plc sold Jet East, its US business jet Maintenance & Repair Organisation, to West Star Aviation for US$131 million.

Xuper Limited, a leading IT solutions provider, was sold to US-headquartered Park Place Technologies.

Town & Country Fine Foods, a leading supplier to the UK foodservice industry, was sold to Irish Food Group Musgrave.

Intec Microsystems, a leading IT hardware, software and services distributor, has been sold to private equity investor Chiltern Capital and its management team.

UK-based Premier Paper Group (part of OVOL Japan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.)  acquired Dublin-based GPMI.

UK-based Premier Paper Group acquired speciality packaging and retail display company WBC.

Regis Healthcare (CAMHs Provisions) was sold to Elysium Healthcare, a subsidiary of Ramsay Healthcare, an Australian business with a market cap of AU$11 billion.

OGL Computer Support and CyberGuard Technologies, together a provider of IT services and cybersecurity, was sold to Macquari- backed Wavenet, a leading provider of Unified Communication Solutions.

The shareholders of Stop Start Transport Ltd sold the business to Storskogen UK, a subsidiary of Storskogen Group AB (STOR-B:STO), for an undisclosed amount.

The shareholders of The First Class Pet Company (trading as Little Big Paw) sold the business to Petbuddy Group AB, an investor-backed group focused on acquiring and growing premium pet brands.

Kestrel Aluminium Systems Limited and Kestrel Powder Coating Limited (together “Kestrel”) was sold to Schueco UK Limited.

Carlbom Shipping, which has served UK and international shipping clients since 1897, was acquired by Pentagon Freight Services, the world’s leading privately owned logistics provider to the energy industries.

Customs Support Group (“CSG”), Europe’s leading independent provider of customs services, acquired Osborn Customs Services Limited to further strengthen its local presence in the UK, with offices in close proximity to the key logistical hotspots. CSG is backed by Castik Capital, a leading European private equity investor that is supporting the long-term consolidation strategy.