Broadwood Partners, which owns 30.2% of STAAR’s shares, is recommending shareholders vote against a proposed takeover by Six-listed Alcon for a total equity value of approximately US$1.6bn.
Earlier in December, Alcon, the largest eye care device company in the world, entered into an amended merger agreement with the board of STAAR, the...
France-headquartered Chequers Capital, a pan-European mid-market private equity firms, and fellow pan-European, mid-market investment firm, Fremman Capital, have announced the execution of a put option agreement to acquire Bertin Technologies, a European provider of high-technology instrumentation solutions for critical and scientific applications, from its majority shareholder FCDE alongside management and BNP Paribas Développement.
Founded in 1956 and headquartered in France, Bertin Technologies specialises in the design, manufacturing, integration and servicing of high-technology instrument solutions for applications in the Photonics, Defense & Security, Nuclear, and Life Sciences industries.
“With the quality and...
