Press releases

3 July 2017

Bankrate to be acquired by Red Ventures for $14.00 per share

Bankrate (NYSE: RATE), a leading online publisher, aggregator, and distributor of personal finance content, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Red Ventures, a leading digital consumer choice platform, in an all-cash transaction that values Bankrate at an enterprise value of approximately $1.4 billion.

1 June 2017

Funds advised by Apax Partners to acquire 3M’s Electronic Monitoring Business

Funds advised by Apax Partners today announced a definitive agreement to acquire 3M’s (NYSE: MMM) electronic monitoring business, part of 3M’s Traffic Safety and Security Division, for $200 million, subject to closing and other adjustments.

26 May 2017

Apax Funds complete sale of stake in Garda World Security Corporation

Apax Partners LLP announced today that a subsidiary of funds advised by Apax has completed the sale of its remaining shares of the parent company of Garda World Security Corporation, one of the world's largest privately owned security and cash services providers.

18 May 2017

Funds advised by Apax Partners agree to acquire Safetykleen Europe

Funds advised by Apax Partners have agreed to acquire Safetykleen Europe, the largest service provider of surface treatment and chemical application services, from Warburg Pincus.  

3 April 2017

Syneron Candela announces agreement to be acquired by funds advised by Apax Partners

Syneron Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELOS), a leading global non-surgical aesthetic device company, and Apax Partners, today announced a definitive agreement under which an affiliate of funds advised by Apax Partners will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Syneron Candela for $11.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $397 million.

9 February 2017

Funds advised by Apax Partners complete purchase of remaining stake in medical diagnostics leader Unilabs

Unilabs and funds advised by Apax Partners LLP announce that the purchase by Apax IX of Unilabs shares from Nordic Capital Fund VI and Apax France VII is complete and has now closed following clearance by the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation.