Option One Mortgage Corp.
Acquirer: WL Ross & Co.
Rank Value: $1.1B
Target Description: Provides non-prime residential mortgage loan services.
Notes: WL Ross is a unit of Invesco Ltd.
Orion Cable GmbH
Acquirer: Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH & Co KG
Rank Value: $823M
Target Description: Provides cable TV services
Notes: Kabel Deutschland is a unit of Providence Equity Partners
Certain assets of Owens Corning
Acquirer: Platinum Equity
Rank Value: $225M
Target Description: Two manufacturing plants in Europe.
North Country Hospitality Inc.
Acquirer: Seaway Valley Capital Corp.
Rank Value: $11.7M
Target Description: Develops or acquires and operates lodging, restaurant, and recreational venues.
Stabilus GmbH
Acquirer: Paine & Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes pneumatic and hydraulic adjustment equipment.
Notes: Stabilus was previously owned by a management-led investor group, which included Montagu Private Equity.
The wheels bearings business of Delphi Corp.
Acquirer: Kyklos Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes wheel bearings.
Notes: Kyklos, a unit of KPS Capital Partners, acquired the wheel bearings business through an auction.
BIO Landscape & Maintenance Inc.
Acquirer: Yellowstone Landscape Group
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides landscaping services.
Notes: One of two acquisitions by Yellowstone.
Piedmont Landscape Contractors
Acquirer: Yellow Landscape Group
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Provides landscaping services.
Notes: Yellowstone is a unit of Gridiron Capital.
Sorbee International Ltd.
Acquirer: Werther Partners
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Produces confections.
London Aquarium
Acquirer: Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Operates an aquarium
Notes: Merlin is a unit of the Blackstone Group.
Mk One
Acquirer: Hilco UK Ltd.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes women’s clothing.
Swift First Aid
Acquirer: Norcross Safety Products
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes first aid kits.
Notes: Norcross is a unit of Odyssey Invest Partners
Conservatek Industries
Acquirer: CST Industries Inc.
Rank Value: NA
Target Description: Makes aluminum covers.