Top continental European buyouts completed during 1999, ranked by value, listing equity arrangers and total deal value
Cantrell & Cochrane Group – BC Partners – £855 million
Piaggio – Morgan Grenfell Private Equity – £750.6 million
BSN Emballage (Danone Group) – CVC Capital Partners – £672 million
Torraspapel – CVC Capital Partners – £599 million
Neste Chemicals Suomi – Industri Kapital – £594 million
Vivendi Hotels (52) – Accor/Colony Capital/Blackstone Private Equity – £494 million
Andritz (AGIV) – Carlyle Group/Unternehmens Invest/Deutsche Beteiligungs Unterngs – £487 million
Clondalkin Group – Candover Partners – £408 million
Superfos – Industri Kapital – £392 million
Seagram-Mumm Perrier – Hicks Muse Tate & Furst – £310 million
Groupe Valfond – UBS Capital – £264 million
Giraudy – Deutsche Morgan Grenfell – £232 million
Eldon – EQT Scandinavia – £231 million
BPA – Procuritas – £229 million
IMO CAR Wash Group – NatWest Equity Partners – £228 million
Wavin – CVC Capital Partners – £223 million
Oriflame International – Intermediate Capital Group (mezz) – £212 million
CCMX (Credit Lyonnais Inform) – Apax Partners/SFIGEAltamir et Cie – £173 million
TIW Czech – Chase Capital Partners/Advent International – £162 million
Global Refund Group – Apax Partners/Foreign Exchange Co of Ireland – £160 million
Safety-Kleen Europe – Electra Fleming – £154 million
Vestolit-PVC Business – Candover Investments/D George Harris – £154 million
Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data