7. £390M sale of sausage casing manufacturer
Sausage casings manufacturer Kalle was sold to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) in April, for a price understood to be between £350M and £390M.
Investment firm Silverfleet Capital, which took a majority stake in Kalle in 2009, expected the sale to net the company “an investment multiple of 3.5 on an investment of €71.5M [£55.8M]”.