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Rutland Partners, the UK private equity partnership, announces that one of its portfolio companies, Wolstenholme Group Limited (“Wolstenholme”), has today announced the sale of the business, certain assets and goodwill of its metallic effect pigment and metallic printing ink business (“the Metallics Business) to Eckart...

Rutland Partners LLP (“Rutland”), the UK private equity partnership, announces that The Rutland Fund (“the Fund”) has today realised its investment in H&T Group Limited (“H&T”) for cash through an AIM listing. The enterprise value of H&T on flotation is £91.9 million and the market...

Rutland Partners (“Rutland”), the UK private equity partnership, announces that The Rutland Fund has agreed the sale of its entire interest in Carron Energy Limited (“Carron”), the owner of Uskmouth Power Station (“Uskmouth”) to a specially formed company backed by Deutsche Bank AG and funds...

Rutland Partners (“Rutland”), the UK private equity partnership, announces that it has agreed the sale of Interfloor Group Limited (“Interfloor”) to a management team backed by European Acquisition Capital (“EAC”) in a secondary buy-out for a consideration of £84.1 million. Interfloor is the largest manufacturer of...

Rutland, the UK private equity partnership, announces that one of its portfolio companies, The Music Group Limited (“TMG”), has completed the sale of its Buffet Crampon clarinet business for €37 million (approximately £25 million). Following a competitive sale process, the business has been sold in...

Rutland, the UK private equity partnership, announces that one of its portfolio companies, Wolstenholme Group Limited (“Wolstenholme”), has today completed the sale of its equity interest in Metasheen Canada and the business, assets and goodwill of its global distribution business for Metasheen related products (“the...

Rutland, the UK private equity group, announces that one of its portfolio companies, The Music Group, has today completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Rico Holdings Inc. for $22.2 million. The Music Group was formed to acquire the music instrument manufacturing businesses of...

Rutland Fund Management Limited (“Rutland”), the private equity group, announces that one of its investments, Interfloor Group Limited, Europe’s leading manufacturer of underlays for carpets and laminated flooring, has today disposed of its Hunter Boots business to an MBI team. Hunter Boots began operations in the...

Rutland Fund Management Limited, the private equity group, today announces the sale of its investment in EWM Group Limited (“EWM”), which owns the UK retailer, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Limited, for a total consideration of £68.0 million. EWM has been acquired by a newly formed company...