Transactions

Beck & Pollitzer, an international industrial-services provider from Great Britain, acquired the German assembly-services company montagen plus and its wholly-owned subsidiary montageprofis.

Handi-Pharm, a leading French distributor of home care medical equipment sold via pharmacies, completed a capital restructuring with Siparex and Bpifrance.

Celopharma, a distributor of female pharmaceutical products, was sold to Linepharma International Ltd., a US subsidiary of a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company.

Private equity company Bencis acquired a majority stake in AIO II B.V. from Bolster Investment Partners, which acted on behalf of Van Lanschot Kempen. AIO II is the holding company of Medsen Pharmacies and Ceban.

GSS, a call center company operating across three continents, was sold to Covisian, one of the leading Italian companies in outsourcing business processes.

Normek, a manufacturer and installer of high-quality steel structures, was sold to Donges Group, a portfolio company of Mutares.

Nets Group, a market leader in the payments industry, established a strategic alliance with Przelewy24, one of the leading online payment service providers in the Polish market.

CMR, a supplier of electronic control and measurement systems, acquired the Swiss company Costronic. CMR is backed by prominent private equity firms LBO France and Cathay Capital.

GB Group (LON: GBG), completed its previously announced USD 300 million acquisition of IDology,a fast-growing provider of identity verification services.

SIP.US LLC & SIPTRUNK Inc., a leading provider of on-demand, enterprise-class IP communications software solutions, was sold to BCM One.

Danish Medical Data Distribution (DMDD), the leading provider in Denmark for digital laboratory analysis requisitions, was sold to Synlab.

Laboratoires Humeau, a leading distributor of lab equipment in France and Africa, was sold to the French investor Intuitis.

Aterno, a French manufacturer, distributor, and installer of high-end heating systems, was sold to Meeschaert Private Equity in a LMBO transaction.

Intersaction, a long term growth-oriented investor, acquired a majority stake in TASK.

Miab AB, the largest independent cleaning and facility management company in Sweden, acquired a majority stake in N-Clean Oy, a Finnish cleaning company.

BrainSHARE IT, provider of SaldeoSMART, a leading cloud solution for accounting practices and accounting departments of small and medium businesses in Poland, was sold to Visma, a major Nordic software provider operating in the business segments of SMB, enterprise, commerce solutions, custom solutions, and cloud infrastructure services.

Lacroix Group, an international technological equipment supplier, acquired SAE IT Systems GmbH & Co., a German provider of connected equipment to monitor and secure electric grid and renewable energy infrastructures.

EDEA, a French landscaping company, sold a minority stake to Initiative & Finance.