Transactions

Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH) entered into a transaction agreement alongside Actis LLP to jointly acquire 100% of Swiftnet SOC Limited from Telkom SA SOC Limited.

The Courier Guy, South Africa’s top e-commerce courier, was sold to Adenia Capital.

Pamark, a leading distributor of cleaning & hygiene, healthcare, foodservice, and safety products to private and public sector clients in Finland, was sold to UK-listed Bunzl Plc, the largest value-added distributor in the world within its market sectors.

Prudentia Engineering, an Australian process-engineering consulting firm, was sold to Sedgman, a Cimic-owned provider of minerals processing and associated infrastructure solutions in Australia.

Gaïana, France’s leading publisher of vertical software for the agrifood sector (wines and spirits, horticulture, agriculture, and beverage distribution), acquired the Spanish company Tipsa, a publisher of business software dedicated to the wine sector.

Clairfield acted as exclusive financial advisor to Fenniarail, a private freight transport company that operates on the Finnish railway network, on senior debt financing.

Eredi Campidonico SpA sold its EC Rete branch of business, which includes 22 automotive fuel distribution facilities based in Piedmont, to Retitalia.

Clairfield acted as the advisor to Odine on its listing on Borsa Istanbul. Odine is a fast-growing, end-to-end SaaS/PaaS and systems integration company, providing network software solutions and engineering services for global telecom operators and contributing to the 5G/6G ecosystem.

Touhula, the pioneering chain-format private operator in education and childcare in Finland, was sold to AcadeMedia, northern Europe’s largest education company and a publicly quoted company (STO:ACAD).

Pepkor Holdings Limited, a South African-based investment and holding company that focuses on the discount and value segment of the retail market, signed agreements to sell all of the share capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Building Company Limited (“TBCo”), to Capitalworks Private Equity and select members of TBCo management.

DDH Graham, an Australian financial services provider, entered a long-tern services agreement with SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ: SSNC).

Infobest Group, specialised in the development of customised software solutions, was sold to AROBS Transilvania Software (BVB: AROBS), the largest technology company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (ESF) sold Hood Media GmbH, a virtual selling platform, to The Platform Group.

Louis Dreyfus Company sold a corn milling, oil extraction, and pet food production plant located in Brazil to BAXI, a Brazilian company focused on animal nutrition.

Louis Dreyfus Company sold a corn milling production plant located in Rio Verde (Goiás – Brazil) to Milhão Ingredients.

EyeQ Operations Pty Ltd, owner of 25 optometry practices, was sold to EssilorLuxottica, the global eyewear giant.

The owner of Pumr & Ryba, Transport – Spedition, the leading bulk material transportation company in the Czech Republic, sold a 100% stake in the company to C.S.Cargo a.s.

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.

CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a West-African-focused private equity fund manager, announced that its CardinalStone Capital Advisers Growth Fund (CCAGF) exited its investment in i-Fitness Nigeria Limited, West Africa’s largest and fastest-growing fitness chain, to Verod Capital Management Limited, a private equity firm based in Nigeria.

Infinitas Learning, a Dutch educational publisher, acquired WSiP, a leading publisher of schoolbooks in Poland.