Press releases
17 December 2007
Private equity-backed IPOs outperform market
Initial public offerings by private equity-backed companies in the UK and Germany outperformed the stock market and other IPO listings, two Terra Firma-sponsored academic studies have revealed.
10 October 2007
Terra Firma supports Walker Report
Terra Firma, the European private equity group, announces today its support for the principle of transparency as laid out in the Walker Report.
11 May 2007
Acquisition of Pegasus Aviation Finance
Terra Firma, the European private equity group, announces the acquisition of Pegasus Aviation Finance Company ("Pegasus") by Terra Firma's aircraft leasing platform, AWAS.
29 September 2006
WRG Holdings completes sale of its Waste Disposal Business
WRG Holdings completes sale of waste disposal business and appoints chairman and chief executive of waste to energy business named today as Infinis Limited.
17 July 2006
WRG Holdings agree sale of its Waste Disposal Business
Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A ("FCC") and WRG Holdings today announce that they have agreed the sale by WRG Holdings of its waste disposal business (other than its waste-to-energy business) to FCC, one of Spain’s leading construction and service groups, for £1,400 million.
08 March 2006
Terra Firma announces acquisition of UCI
Terra Firma announces it has agreed to acquire UCI from Viacom (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B and Vivendi Universal (NYSE: V). The specific terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. The new company will be financed with a mixture of debt and equity with the debt being arranged by Barclays Capital.
19 May 2005
Kellen Ventures announces acquisition of Centrica’s gas connections business
Kellen Ventures, a new company owned ultimately by East Surrey Holdings plc (25%) and Terra Firma, the European private equity group (75%), announces that it has agreed to acquire Centrica plc’s gas transportation for £90 million.
17 May 2005
Deutsche Annington Acquires Viterra from E.ON for approx. 7 bn Euros
Dusseldorf, 17th May 2005 – DAIG Group acquires Viterra from E.ON AG for approx. 7 bn euros. Viterra is a leading private housing company with a portfolio of about 150,000 flats. The transaction is subject to clearance from antitrust authorities as well as approval by the E.ON supervisory board.
08 April 2005
East Surrey Holdings plc
Terra Firma today announced recommended proposals for the acquisition of East Surrey Holdings plc, the multi-utility infrastructure business comprising Phoenix Natural Gas, E.S. Pipelines and Sutton and East Surrey Water.
17 November 2004
Terra Firma buys Tank & Rast
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 17.11.2004. Terra Firma, one of Europe's leading private equity houses, today announced an agreement to buy the German motorway service operator, Autobahn Tank & Rast Holding AG. With 338 filling stations and 382 service areas around the country, Tank & Rast is Germany's leading company in this sector.
24 August 2004
Terra Firma announces acquisition of Odeon
Terra Firma announces the acquisition of Odeon from its shareholders. The new company will be financed with a mixture of debt and equity with the debt being arranged by Barclays Capital.
25 May 2004
Shanks Group plc announces that it has agreed to sell its UK landfill operations
Shanks Group plc announces that it has agreed to sell its UK landfill and related power operations ('Disposal Activities') to Terra Firma for a total cash consideration of GBP227.5 million.
09 June 2003
Waste Recycling Group PLC (“WRG” or the “Company”) recommended cash acquisition by Cholet Acquisitions Limited (“Cholet”)
The boards of WRG and Cholet, a company formed at the direction of Terra Firma Investments, announce that a recommended proposal (the “Proposal”) has been agreed whereby WRG will be acquired by Cholet.
15 December 2000
Nomura International's Principal Finance Group (“PFG”) signs largest ever private equity deal in Germany
Nomura International is delighted to announce that the acquisition of 114,000 German railway worker flats by a consortium, in which PFG has a 55% share, has been signed.
28 November 2000
Hyder Business Services sale to Nomura Company
Senator Capital Limited, a company formed and financed by Nomura International’s Principal Finance Group (“PFG”) announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Hyder Business Services.
08 September 2000
Whitbread PLC and Nomura International
The Boards of Whitbread PLC (“Whitbread”) and Punch Retail Limited, a subsidiary of Punch Group Limited (“Punch”), announce that they have today entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of their off-licence joint venture, First Quench Retailing Limited (“First Quench”), to Carmelite Acquisitions Limited, a company formed and financed by the Principal Finance Group of Nomura International plc (“Nomura”).
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