Rutland Partners announces that it has agreed to make a £33.0 million investment into UK based Walstead Group to help facilitate its acquisition of Let's Print Holding AG ("LEYKAM Let's Print). The overall transaction has an enterprise value of EUR €175 million. Walstead, with revenues of...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 23 June 2015 it completed the acquisition of Gardman Group ("Gardman") in an all equity transaction. Based in Peterborough, Gardman is the leading supplier of wild bird care products, tooling, lighting and gardening sundries to the garden sector....
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that, on 15 January 2015, it held a final close for its latest fund, Rutland Fund III, with total commitments of £263 million. The investors in Fund III come from the UK, continental Europe and North America and include pension...
Rutland Partners, the UK private equity partnership, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the disposal of the CeDo group of companies ("CeDo) to Straco. CeDo is one of Europe's leading suppliers of household disposables, manufacturing both own-label and proprietary products such as refuse...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 26th June 2014 it completed an investment for £85m in Maplin Electronics Limited ("Maplin"). Maplin, the electronics specialist retail chain, is an iconic brand with a tech-savvy customer base. Having started in 1972 as a small mail order...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 2 October 2013 it exchanged contracts with General Motors (“GM”) for the acquisition of Millbrook Proving Ground Limited (“Millbrook”) for an undisclosed amount with additional funds being made available for the development of new facilities. Millbrook is one...
Rutland Partners, the specialist turnaround and restructuring investor, is pleased to announce that on 30 August 2013 it completed an investment in Bernard Matthews Holdings Limited (“Bernard Matthews”) alongside the existing family interests to strengthen the business and support its future growth and development. Bernard Matthews,...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 31 May 2013 it agreed and completed the simultaneous acquisitions of AFI-Uplift in the UK, Access Rental Gulf in the Middle East and Hi-Reach in the UK, for a combined enterprise value of circa £85 million. AFI-Uplift (“AFI”),...
Rutland Partners, the specialist turnaround and restructuring investor, announces that on 18 December 2012 it agreed and completed the sale of Advantage Healthcare (“Advantage”), a leading healthcare services provider, to Interserve plc (“Interserve”) for a cash consideration of £26.5 million. Rutland acquired Advantage, originally a group...
Rutland Partners, the specialist restructuring investor and Yum! Brands, global owners of the Pizza Hut brand, announce that on 9 November they completed a deal whereby Rutland acquires Pizza Hut’s UK Dine-In restaurant business. In the deal, Rutland Partners has acquired the share capital of Pizza...