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Mount Logan Management LLC filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to register the Opportunistic Credit Interval Fund (“OCIF” or the “Fund”), which will operate as a new interval fund. The filing was made on February 25, 2022.

BC Partners European Real Estate I (BCPERE I) and Kervis Group have completed the acquisition of an office complex in Piazza Trento, in the Porta Romana district of Milan from Europ Assistance Italy. Generali Real Estate S.p.A. acted as the lead advisor of Europ Assistance Italy on the operation.

BC Partners European Real Estate I (BCPERE I) and Kervis Group have completed the acquisition of a portfolio in downtown Milan from Bocconi University. BC Partners and Kervis initially put the portfolio under offer in July 2020 and the deal completed in December 2021.This transaction represents BC Partners’ first real estate investment in Italy, and Kervis will act as local operating partner.

The Fund will continue to deploy across the Firm’s four core sectors: TMT, industrials & business services, healthcare, and consumer. Fund XI already well-deployed across eight investments

Final close for European value-add investment strategy well in excess of initial €500-700 million target range.

BC Partners, a leading international investment firm, has today announced its plans to join the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), a global collaboration between financial institutions to develop a global, standardized methodology to measure and disclose financed emissions.

DTZ Investors France has sold an office building located in Issy-les-Moulineaux, to BC Partners European Real Estate I Fund (BCPERE I), which is advised by BC Partners Real Estate (BCPRE), the real estate investment arm of BC Partners, a leading investment company.

BC Partners Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of BC Partners, has announced its fourth investment. BC Partners European Real Estate I Fund (BCPERE I), which is advised by BC Partners Real Estate (BCPRE), has acquired a majority stake in the Alsei Group, a national property developer in France, engaged in commercial and residential activities.

-BCPRE acquires office building in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin with significant investment and development potential.

-Investment underpinned by the paradigm shift in the real estate market and opens up exciting investment opportunities in assets that are poised for repositioning.

• Transaction values the Company at an enterprise value of EUR c.1.6bn
• Under BC Partners' ownership, Pharmathen has become the leading European drug delivery technology company
• BC Funds invested over €250m in R&D and FDA approved best-in-class facilities, expanded its portfolio to 85 products sold in nearly 100 countries, achieved a high double digit organic growth rate doubling profitability and launched its first Long Acting Injectable ("LAI") products

-Global digital services and business transformation agency, Valtech receives significant funding from BC Partners, valuing the company at $1.4 billion.
-New investment will accelerate Valtech's global growth ambitions, as it continues to support its clients' business transformations.
-Former reference shareholder Verlinvest and the new Valtech management team, Olivier Padiou (CEO) and Tomas Nores (COO) will reinvest in the company.

One of Europe’s largest Single Asset Acquisition Funds launched to support the continued growth of Springer Nature, a leading global scientific, technical and medical information service provider and education publisher. Fund includes over €1 billion of capital commitments from a range of new and existing institutional investors, as well as BC Partners.

Tom Glover has joined BC Partners Credit as Operating Advisor, whereby he will advise on GP and NAV-based financing opportunities.

Partnership will accelerate the education company’s ability to innovate and advance educational outcomes.

Leading professional services and technology firm for the global insurance market is one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. Existing investors HGGC and AIMCo will remain invested with minority stakes.

We are excited to partner with a company that places such a heavy emphasis on environmental solutions and whose hard work and dedication have made this possible.

IMA Group is fully delisted from the Milan Stock Exchange
Deal was one of the largest take-private transactions on a European stock exchange

SOFIMA's shareholders have finalized the closing with
BC Partners for an investment in IMA. The Board of Directors appointed on 27 October takes office today.

VAUGHAN, ON, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL) ("GFL" or the "Company"), a leading North American diversified environmental services company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II (the "Seller") to purchase WCA Waste Corporation and its subsidiaries ("WCA") for an aggregate purchase price of US$1.212 billion (the "Acquisition"). The purchase price for the Acquisition will be financed in part with the net proceeds of a private placement of US$600 million of equity and the balance through a combination of cash on hand and capacity under the Company's revolving credit facility.

IMA announces preliminary financial information for the first half of 2020 and confirms 2020FY forecast and business plan consensus 2021-2022

Combined Entity To Be Managed by an Affiliate of BC Partners Advisors L.P.

VAUGHAN, ON, June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE and TSX: GFL) ("GFL" or the "Company"), a leading North American diversified environmental services company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a portfolio of vertically integrated solid waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal assets (the "Acquisition") for an aggregate purchase price of US$835 million.

All amounts are stated in United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

Third large-scale acquisition and eleventh in total under BC Partners’ ownership.

Expands United Group platform’s presence into Greece and cements its position as the leading telecoms and media operator in South Eastern Europe.

VAUGHAN, ON, May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE and TSX: GFL) ("GFL" or the "Company"), a leading North American provider of diversified environmental solutions in solid waste, infrastructure and soil remediation and liquid waste, today released its inaugural sustainability report. The report details the Company's approach to sustainability and its 2019 results.

Experienced Private Equity investor Pascal Heberling joins BC Partners from ADIA. Mr. Heberling will join the firm’s London office to specialise in healthcare sector investments.

TORONTO, March 3, 2020 /CNW/ - GFL Environmental Inc. ("GFL") announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 75,000,000 subordinate voting shares, which includes 1,638,158 subordinate voting shares to be sold by a selling shareholder, at a price to the public of US$19.00 (or C$25.33) per share and its concurrent offering of 15,500,000 of its 6.00% tangible equity units ("Units"), with a stated amount of US$50.00 (or C$66.67) per Unit.

London, UK – January 28th, 2020 – Funds advised by BC Partners LLP (“BC Partners”), a leading international investment firm, have reached an agreement to acquire Pasticceria Bindi S.p.A. (“Bindi”, or “the Company”), a leading Italian producer and distributor of frozen patisserie products within Italy and abroad, from the Company’s family owners.

Denver CO., January 6, 2020 – Sundyne, a global leader in the design and manufacture of mission critical flow control equipment, today announced that funds advised by Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity firm focused on growth investing, has agreed to acquire the company from funds advised by BC Partners Advisors L.P. and The Carlyle Group.

Pet-supply stores had long withstood the threat posed by online shopping. This was until Chewy came along. WSJ's Miriam Gottfried tells the story of how PetSmart responded to the new competition.

Real Estate Fund acquires Wingate House in Soho.

Second large-scale acquisition within nine months of BC Partners’ ownership
Consolidates United Group’s position as the leading telecoms and media operator in South Eastern Europe.

Giving LPs direct exposure to assets via partial exits is a trend set to continue, according to Jean-Baptiste Wautier, the firm's investment committee chairman.

The market poo-pooed PetSmart's $3.35 billion purchase of Chewy- a fast-growing online retailer that was sucking away customers from the bricks-and-mortar chain.

Aug. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Presidio, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSDO) (together with its subsidiaries, “Presidio” or the “Company”), a leading North American IT solutions provider delivering Digital Infrastructure, Cloud and Security solutions to create agile, secure infrastructure platforms for commercial and public sector customers, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds advised by BC Partners.

British Company poised to accelerate growth with backing of BC Partners and Vista Equity Partners.

New York, NY - August 6, 2019 – BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, today announced that Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (“BAAM”) has acquired a passive, minority investment in the firm.

Transaction marks Canada’s largest private buyout.

Latest appointments across London and New York locations mark four senior hires in the past 12 months to support BC's three business lines.

International investment firm BC Partners announces a number of senior promotions, naming one new partner, seven new managing directors and four new principals.

BC Partners to Acquire Synthon International Holding B.V. , a Global Market Leader in the Development of Complex Generics.

Chewy Management and the BC Partners team ring the opening bell at the NYSE.

CNBC Interview: Chewy CEO Sumit Singh on the IPO, competing with Amazon and more

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Chewy, Inc. today announced the pricing of the initial public offering of 46,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $22.00 per share.

Der Chef der Beteiligungsfirma BC Partners über den Aufschwung der Private-Equity-Industrie, die Scheu der Beteiligungsmanager vor der Öffentlichkeit und die Chancen für etwaige Zukäufe.

Nikos Stathopoulos Discusses BC Partners' recent sale of Acuris and the attractiveness of private equity as an asset class on Bloomberg TV.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”) announced the sale of a majority
stake in Acuris, a global provider of proprietary financial intelligence, data and analytics, to ION Investment
Group ("ION").

Financial Times: Software and data group ION buys Acuris in £1.35bn deal.

Private equity group BC Partners agrees to sell the owner of financial information service Mergermarket.

Javier Espinosa and Philip Stafford - London.

Merck [NYSE:MRK], known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Antelliq Corporation from funds advised by BC Partners.

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BC Partners European Capital VII fund has been inducted into Private Equity International’s HEC Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame.

TORONTO, Canada and RALEIGH, North Carolina — October 10, 2018 — GFL Environmental Inc. (“GFL”) and Waste Industries announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement in a transaction

Investment further strengthens ambition of United Group as the regional leader in communication and media KKR maintaining substantial minority stake

Vista Equity Partners to Reinvest in NAVEX Global, Partnering in the Company’s Plans for International Expansion and Continued Growth

GFL Environmental Inc. (“GFL” or the “Company”) and investors led by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), including Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (“Ontario Teachers’”) and others, jointly announced today their agreement to reca

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading international investment firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby BC Partners will acquire Zest Dental Solutions (“Zest”) fro

BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading private equity firm, today announces the final close of BC European Capital X (“BCEC X” or “the Fund”) at its target size of €7bn. BCEC X is €300mn larger than its predecessor, BC European Capital IX (“BCEC IX”), which raised €6.7bn in 2012.

A consortium led by Funds advised by leading private equity firm BC Partners, has reached an agreement to acquire CeramTec Group (“CeramTec”) from its current owner Cinven. The Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Funds advised by BC Partners, a leading private equity firm, have reached an agreement to acquire PlusServer, the market leader in the managed hosting market in Germany, from its parent company GoDaddy (USA). The takeover

BC Partners agrees to acquire a majority stake in Pronovias. Alberto Palatchi remains as minority shareholder in the Company as well as member of the Board.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading private equity firm, have reached an agreement to sell a c.30% stake in the Mergermarket Group (“Mergermarket” or “the company”) to GIC, Singapore’s

BC Partners agrees to acquire DentalPro. Funds advised by BC Partners ("BC Partners"), a leading private equity firm, have reached and agreement to acquire DentalPro

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading private equity firm, have reached an agreement to sell a ca. 18.5% interest (33.9 million shares) in Com Hem Group (“Com Hem”),

Hitachi Enters into Agreement to Acquire Air Compressor Manufacturer, Making a Full-scale Entry into the North America Industrial Business. Developing digital solutions by acquiring a strong, global sales network.

Market Leader to Pursue Transformational Acquisition Strategy Amid Strong Sector Growth.

Combined Company Provides Most Convenient Customer Experience Across Brick and Mortar and Online Channels.

Keter Group, a BC Partners' portfolio company and one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of quality resin-based household and garden consumer products, has today completed the acquisition of ABM Italia, a manufacturer

Leading international firm hires veteran team to be led by Ted Goldthorpe to lead BC Partners Credit, a new credit platform.

BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, has appointed Alex Ismail, former President and CEO of Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS), as a Managing Partner.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading European private equity firm, have entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of 22 mental health facilities from Acadia Healthcare. The transaction is subject to approval by the Competition and Markets Authority.

Altice N.V. (Euronext: ATC, ATCB) today announced it has completed the acquisition of 70% of the share capital of Suddenlink from existing shareholders BC Partners , CPP Investment Board and Suddenlink management. BC Partners and CPP Investment Board have

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading international private equity firm, have reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Cigierre (“the Company”), Italy’s leading restaurant chain, from the founder and

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading private equity firm, have reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Dümmen Orange (“the Company”), the global leader in the floricultural breeding sector, from H2 Equity Partners and the Dü

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading European private equity firm, have acquired a majority stake in Côte Restaurants Limited (“Côte” or the “Company”), the fast-growing UK restaurant chain. Management will be retaining a significant

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading international private equity firm, have reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Pharmathen S.A (“Pharmathen” or “the Company”), a leading European pharmaceutical company. BC Partners will

BC European Capital IX (BCEC IX), a fund advised by BC Partners, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), together with management and other co-investors, announced today that they have signed an agreement, whereby Altice S.A. (“Altice”), a multinational cable and telecommunications company

Further to the announcement by BC Partners on 19 March 2015, BC Partners has completed the sale of 25,000,000 ordinary shares (the "Placing Shares") representing 12% of the issued share capital of the Company at a price of SEK 76 per Placing Share.

Funds advised by BC Partners ("BC Partners") are pleased to announce that OVS S.p.A. ("OVS"), the market leading value fashion retailer in Italy, has announced the price for the Global Offering of its ordinary shares for listing

Merger will create a leading publishing group with c. EUR 1.5 billion turnover and 13,000 employees

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading private equity firm, have reached an agreement to sell half of their remaining 80.5% shareholding in Turkey’s largest supermarket chain, Migros Ticaret A.Ş., (“Migros” or t

Consortium led by BC Partners to Acquire PetSmart for $83.00 per Share in Cash.

The Allflex Group, owned by funds advised by BC Partners, has signed an agreement to acquire SCR, the global leader in cow monitoring technologies.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading European private equity firm, have reached an agreement to sell Spotless Group SAS (“Spotless” or the “Company”) to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (“Henkel”) for an enterprise value of

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading European private equity firm, have reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in car rental technology platform CarTrawler (the “Company”) from the Company’s founders

Market leader positioned for sustained growth and continued leadership in tech-enabled healthcare cost management solutions.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), an international private equity firm, have reached an agreement to acquire the leading financial information company The Mergermarket Group (“Mergermarket” or “the Company”) from Pearson Plc.

Office Depot, Inc. and OfficeMax Incorporated today announced the completion of their merger of equals, creating a stronger, more competitive and more efficient global provider of office products, services and solutions. The combined company will use the

Foxtons Group plc (“Foxtons” or “the Company”), a leading London estate agency, priced its Initial Public Offering on the London Stock Exchange on 20 September 2013, with conditional trading commencing at the top of the expected pricing range at 230 pence per share.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), the European private equity firm, together with management have agreed to acquire the leading global STM publisher Springer Science + Business Media (“Springer” or the “Company”), from EQT Partners and the

Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE:ODP) and OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE:OMX) announced on the 10 June 2013 the results of their retrospective special meetings of shareholders. OfficeMax stockholders voted to approve the merger and adopt the Agreement and Plan of M

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”), a leading European private equity firm, today reached an agreement to acquire Allflex Holdings (“Allflex” or “the Company”), the global leader in animal identification, from Electra Partners for $1.3 billion. The transaction is subject to consultation with the relevant works council in France and certain regulatory approvals.

Intelsat S.A., which operates the world’s largest satellite services business, announced its Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange on 18 April 2013. The company’s stock trades under the ticker "I".

OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE:OMX) and Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE:ODP) announced on 20 February 2013 the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which the companies would combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction.

The Aenova Group, one of the leading companies in the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, is in the process of taking over the Temmler Group.

Funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”) are acquiring the Aenova Group, one of the leading international service providers in the pharmaceuticals and health care industry.

Industrial Products Manufacturer is Poised for Growth Under New Ownership.

6.9 million shares for a total price of EUR 611 million sold. 100 percent of shares in free float.

Brachem Acquisition S.C.A. Luxembourg announced today that it has successfully sold 7.0 million shares of its remaining share in Brenntag AG.

BC Partners announces the final closing of BC European Capital IX having successfully attained the Fund’s hard cap of €6.5bn in investor commitments.

BC Partners today announces that Brave B Lux SA, a company owned by funds it advises, has signed an agreement to sell its 40% stake in the BDR Thermea Group, a world leading manufacturer and distributor of heating systems and services, to its parent company

BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire Com Hem, Sweden's leading TV, broadband and telephony company, from The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle") and Providence Equity Partners ("Providence").

Today Icon S.p.A., company controlled by the funds advised by BC Partners, has closed the acquisition of the shares in Gruppo Coin held by Financiere Tintoretto through Giorgione Investimenti S.p.A., representing the 69.3% of the Company share capital,

Today TBU-3 International SA, controlled by funds advised by BC Partners, announced the sale, at €161 per share, of a 9.5% stake in Médica (MDCA FP) to a subsidiary of Batipart, a real estate and healthcare investment company, and of an 18.6% stake

Herkules Private Equity Fund II has entered into an agreement to sell discount retailer Nille to BC Partners.

Investment funds advised by BC Partners (“BC Partners”) have today agreed to the purchase of Phones4u, one of the UK’s leading independent sales channels for mobile phone connections and related insurance products, from Providence Equity Partners LLC

Brachem Acquisition S.C.A Luxembourg today announced that it has successfully sold 30.10 per cent of its remaining stake in Brenntag AG (ISIN DE000A1DAHH0) (equivalent to 21.36 per cent of the outstanding share capital) to institutional investors at 60.75

Multiplan Inc. today announced the completion of the acquisition by BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, and Silver lake, the world's largest private investor in technology.

BC Partners, a leading international private equity firm, and Silver Lake, the world's largest private equity investor in technology, announced today that they have agreed to acquire Multiplan Inc., a transaction-based heathcare cost management company th