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Bain Capital Ventures and Shamrock Capital Growth Fund have acquired Publishing Group of America, a Franklin, Tenn.-based publisher of magazine inserts for community newspapers. No financial terms were disclosed.   PRESS RELEASEBain Capital Ventures and Shamrock Capital Growth Fund today completed the purchase of Publishing Group of America (PGA). The deal opens a new chapter […]

Bolder Capital has acquired The Horsburgh & Scott Co., a Cleveland-based manufacturer of industrial gears and gear drives, for $43.5 million. Allegiance Capital Corp. represented Bolder on the deal. PRESS RELEASE Allegiance Capital Corporation, a full-service investment banking firm headquartered in Dallas, announced that Bolder Capital, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm, purchased The Horsburgh […]

VMG Partners has acquired Waggin' Train LLC, a provider of branded all-natural, all-meat pet treats. No financial terms were disclosed. BMO Capital Markets served as exclusive financial advisor to VMG, and also as lead arranger for the senior debt financing. Churchill Financial and Babson Capital provided senior debt and mezzanine debt, respectively.   PRESS RELEASE […]

Advent International has completed its acquisition of UK appliances insurer Domestic & General PLC, for approximately Gbp523.9 million. D&G stockholders received Gbp14.25 per share, which was a 25.7% premium over the trading price on May 18, when D&G announced that it had received a takeover approach.   PRESS RELEASE Advent International, the global private equity […]

Rose's Restaurant and Bakery has raised $5.2 million in private equity funding from Aequitas Capital Management, in order to help fund the planned expansion of the Portland, Ore.-based restaurant chain to 20 locations over the next five or six years. Get more info.   PRESS RELEASE Alternative investment firm Aequitas Capital Management announced today that […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – H&R Block Inc. said Tuesday that a deal to sell its troubled mortgage lending arm has fallen through, forcing it to scrap most of the $1 billion business. The Kansas City-based tax preparer and Cerberus Capital Management LP said that they have terminated their agreement, announced in April, for a […]

Mainsail Partners of San Francisco has acquired Togo's Eateries, a fast-casual sandwich chain, from Dunkin' Brands, the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins. No financial terms were disclosed. Dunkin' Brands was acquired in March 2006 for $2.43 billion by Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners.   PRESS RELEASE   Mainsail […]

FdG Associates has sponsored a recapitalization of both A&R Transport and Alliance Logistics. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which will result in a single company known as A&R Logistics. A&R Transport is a Morris, Ill.-based provider of bulk transportation, packaging, distribution and logistics. Alliance Logistics is an Elgin, Ill.-based non-asset based transportation […]

ABRY Partners has completed its acquisition of Gould & Lamb from H.I.G. Capital. No financial terms were disclosed. G&L is a Bradenton, Fla.-based insurance services firm that focuses on complex medical claims and regulatory compliance.   PRESS RELEASE H.I.G. Capital, a leading global private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the sale of […]

(AP) — Avado Brands Inc. has sold 83 of its Don Pablo's Mexican Restaurants and Hops Grillhouse and Brewery restaurants, with its primary bankruptcy lender as the major buyer. In papers filed Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., Avado said 67 of the restaurants and its Madison, Ga., headquarters were sold to […]