All Mergers, Acquisitions & Exits articles – Page 28

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    UK marine electronics specialist sold

    2020-02-18T14:38:00Z

    UK-based marine electronics services specialist, Charity & Taylor, has been acquired by Aage Hempel Group, one of the largest marine electronics groups in Europe, and a subsidiary of Grupo Arbulu. Aage Hempel also has a dedicated division within its operations which comprise 120 office worldwide.

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    Tokio Marine Holdings completes Pure Group acquisition

    2020-02-17T15:47:00Z

    The acquisition of Privilege Underwriters Inc and its subsidiaries, which are collectively known as the Pure Group, has recently been completed by Tokio Marine Holdings, the leading international insurance business. Tokio paid $3.1bn to buy the Pure Group.

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    OCIBAR acquires Spanish superyacht marina

    2020-02-10T06:05:00Z

    OCIBAR, the Spanish marina management company, has significantly expanded its operation with the acquisition for an undisclosed sum of the Port Tarraco superyacht marina in Tarragona. The purchase was made from the Qatari Diar Fund, which is linked to Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

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    Harbour Group buys SHF

    2020-02-07T16:16:00Z

    Harbour Group has expanded its manufacturing and distribution capabilities with the acquisition of SHF, a supplier of stainless adaptors, fluid power fittings, instrumentation fittings and valves to a variety of industries, including marine, manufacturing, chemical, and oil and gas.

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    T-H Marine acquires US distributor

    2020-02-07T06:26:00Z

    Alabama, US-based marine equipment supplier T-H Marine Supplies has acquired First Source Marine, a Florida-based wholesale distributor specialising in sporting goods equipment.

  • Kalamata Marina in Southern Greece
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    Kiriacoulis Mediterranean buys Greek marina

    2020-02-04T16:22:00Z

    Majority shareholder acquires remaining 40% stake in Kalamata Marina

  • Flisvos Marina
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    Dogus sells 50% stake in Greek superyacht marina

    2020-01-30T11:32:00Z

    The 50% stake in the Athens superyacht facility, Flisvos Marina, owned by Turkey’s Dogus Group has reportedly been sold to Lamda, owner of the remaining 50% share. According to Greek newspaper Kathimerini, the sale was achieved through an agreement that Lamda had with Dogus, giving the former a first refusal ...

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    Safe Harbor acquires Siesta Key Marina

    2020-01-29T14:15:00Z

    Safe Harbor Marinas in the US has purchased the Siesta Key Marina, the only full-service facility in Sarasota, Florida. The purchase is the Dallas-based company’s 12th Florida property and is approaching 100 properties overall, which Safe Harbor claims makes it the largest marina owner-operator in the US. The 1.7-acre property ...

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    D-Marin to be acquired by private equity fund

    2020-01-17T10:45:00Z > , By

    A multimillion-euro deal of undisclosed value has been made by the Luxembourg-headquartered private equity business CVC Partners to buy the D-Marin arm of the Turkish Dogus Group. D-Marin, which is registered in the Netherlands, operates 15 marinas in five Mediterranean and Middle East countries. This transaction will be finalised upon ...

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    US marina operator tests the waters for US$2bn sale

    2020-01-15T10:36:00Z

    Insiders with knowledge of the matter tell Bloomberg News that American Infrastructure Funds (AIF) is exploring the sale of its Dallas, Texas-based Safe Harbor Marinas, expecting to fetch more than $US2bn for what is touted as the largest marina operator in North America.

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    YPI CREW acquires Edmiston Recruiters

    2020-01-06T16:30:00Z

    Yacht crew recruitment firm YPI CREW has acquired the recruitment division of Edmiston, taking on all ongoing crew placement. As of January 1, 2020, Edmiston transferred its recruitment team of four to YPI CREW, taking the total YPI CREW team to 16.

  • RH Marine Group
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    Pon Holdings acquires RH Marine Group

    2020-01-02T12:23:00Z

    Pon Holdings is acquiring all of RH Marine Group by buying the majority stake that private equity firm Parcom Capital holds in the Dutch marine services provider. The two companies became joint shareholders in 2015.

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    Cobham Plc takeover approved by UK government

    2019-12-23T10:10:00Z

    Strong opposition to controversial takeover

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    Kiwi boatbuilder Naiad sold

    2019-12-16T14:37:00Z

    Business to be acquired by its east-coast Australian builder partner, Yamba Welding & Engineering

  • Magic Yachts
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    Catana Group acquires Tunisian shipyard

    2019-12-13T17:13:00Z

    After a fifth year with average annual growth over 50% and an order book that will result in exceeding the threshold of €100m in revenue this year, the Catana Group has just signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Magic Yachts.

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    New owner for SEA magazine?

    2019-12-04T11:34:00Z

    US-based marine publishing and marketing veteran Arnie Hammerman says he is in the process of taking over the publishing of SEA magazine from Duncan McIntosh Company Inc, as well as Boating World. Both magazines ceased publication last week.

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    Safe Harbor acquires US marina

    2019-11-25T14:18:00Z

    An historic New Hampshire shipyard is the latest in a string of acquisitions by Safe Harbor Marinas, though the company remains tight-lipped about the purchase.

  • Lalizas
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    Lalizas acquires Italian liferaft manufacturer

    2019-11-20T14:08:00Z

    The Lalizas Group of companies has acquired Arimar, a European leader in the production of state-of-the-art liferafts.

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    Cornes Chart Group buys digital navigation provider

    2019-11-13T15:57:00Z

    Two leading suppliers of navigation charts, software and equipment have joined forces to create what is claimed to be the largest charts supplier in the world. Cornes Chart Group has acquired navigation systems supplier GNS. The deal follows Cornes’ acquisition of US and Singapore-based Safe Navigation earlier this year to ...

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    Safe Harbor adds 90th marina

    2019-11-06T15:16:00Z

    Safe Harbor Marinas’ acquisition streak hasn’t seemed to slow any, as the Dallas, Texas-based marina network operator added a second property in as many months to its portfolio.