Other Done Deals

• Katun Corporation, a provider of imaging supplies has announced that it has been acquired by Monomoy Capital Partners, an equity firm focused on the mid market. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed
• Two north west businessmen have bought North East Volvo from London-based car dealer Inchcape, in a deal worth almost £7 million
• Creo Capital Partners has announced it has acquired the assets of Sataria Distribution and Packaging, a US-based provider of third-party logistics services
• Latex International, a US-based latex producer, has purchased certain assets from Dunlop Latex Foam, a UK company which has gone into in administration
• Bayer announced that its healthcare unit has acquired Direvo Biotech, a protein engineering firm, in a deal valued at €210 million (£167.2 million)
• Close Brothers has taken full control of its Spanish associate Atlas Capital, after spending an undisclosed sum on buying the 55 per cent stake it did not already own
• TVM Capital and Endeavour have led a £7.8 million funding round for CommProve, a vendor of advanced solutions for the real-time monitoring of wireless networks
• Mercapital has acquired a 50 per cent stake in fragrance specialist Bodybell as part of a £46.2 million capital increase
• Invensys, a technology company, has announced that its Invensys Rail Group has acquired Quantum Engineering from its management for $38 million (£21.3 million)

In the pipeline

• Shareholders in Alliance & Leicester yesterday approved its £1.3 billion takeover by Spain’s Banco Santander
• Insurer Standard Life is to buy Vebnet, a provider of technology and services for employee benefits schemes, for £24.2 million
• Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies plans to acquire Standard Car Truck, a manufacturer of stabilisation systems, for an estimated $300 million (£167.9 million)
• Superior Well Services has agreed to acquire certain oilfield service assets from Diamondback Holdings, a provider of oilfield services, for $270 million (£151.1 million)
• Moody’s Corp is to acquire Fermat International, a provider of risk and performance management software, for €132.5 million (£105.4 million)
• BAA has announced that it is hoisting the for sale sign over Gatwick airport
• Banking services firm EZCORP announced today that it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Value Financial Services
• Eagle Rock Energy Partners announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Millennium Midstream Partners for $236 million (£132.1 million)