On 16 October 2023, Rutland Partners LLP completed the sale of Total Rail Solutions Limited (“TRS”) to trade bidder, Readypower Group Limited (“Readypower”). Rutland originally invested in TRS, a leading provider of Road Rail Vehicles (“RRV”) to the UK rail sector, in 2018. The business works...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 26 October 2020 it completed the sale of Armitage Pet Care ("Armitage") to Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: "SPB") for an enterprise value of £140m. The disposal from Rutland Fund III realises a return for investors of...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 13 August 2019 it agreed and completed the sale of AFI Group ("AFI") to its existing management team led by CEO, David McNicholas, and Chairman, David Shipman. At the same time AFI has acquired Facelift, a long-established powered...
Rutland Partners LLP reports that on 16 October 2018 the business and assets of the Gardman Group were sold to Westland Horticulture Ltd. Gardman is the leading supplier of wild bird care products, tooling, lighting and gardening sundries to the garden sector and was acquired in...
Rutland Partners is delighted to announce that on 20 April 2018 it agreed and completed the sale of Pizza Hut Restaurants UK to its existing management team led by Jens Hofma (CEO). The disposal concludes an extremely successful investment for Rutland Fund II. Rutland acquired Pizza...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 7 November 2017 it agreed and completed the sale of Brandon Hire to Vp plc for a total consideration, including completion adjustments, of c.£69 million. The disposal from Rutland Fund II realises a return of 2.6x its...
Real Deals' reporter, Lucy White, examines the controversy surrounding Rutland's exit from Bernard Matthews: The misinformed ire of a parliamentary committee over the Bernard Matthews pension scheme begs the question: Who would want to be a turnaround investor? Last month, turnaround investor Rutland Partners found itself the...
Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that on 1 September 2016 it agreed and completed the sale of Millbrook Group to Spectris PLC for £122 million. The disposal from Rutland Fund II realises for investors a return of over 6x its investment. Millbrook was acquired from...
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, 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...