SAN FRANCISCO & RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Golden Gate Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in partnership with Founder and CEO Gil Grattan, today announced the recapitalization of Virginia Green (“the Company”), the leading provider of lawn care in Virginia. Mr. Grattan will continue to lead the Company as CEO and will remain a significant shareholder. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2004, Virginia Green is a premier operator of residential lawn treatment services with a growing footprint of ten locations and 70,000 customers across key local markets. The Company offers personalized residential and commercial lawn treatment services through a flexible subscription-based model, underscored by its recognizable brand name in Virginia. Golden Gate Capital’s strategic investment will build on Virginia Green’s long track record of growth and support the Company’s expansion into existing and new adjacent geographies using its proven, scalable playbook built around an exceptional customer experience.

“Our rapid growth is a testament to the comprehensive lawn care offering and tremendous team we have built that provide superior results and unmatched customer satisfaction,” said Mr. Grattan. “I am pleased to be collaborating with Golden Gate Capital and believe their expertise in scaling industry-leading platforms makes them the perfect partner to accelerate the growth of our business in Virginia and beyond.”

Mike Montgomery, Managing Director at Golden Gate Capital, said, “Virginia Green is one of the largest and fastest growing lawn care companies in the country, and an established leader in the lawn treatment sector. The Company’s strong track record of consistent growth is truly remarkable, and the extraordinary customer satisfaction they deliver provides an ideal platform for future expansion. We are thrilled to support the Company as it continues to extend its reach.”

Neale Attenborough, Managing Director at Golden Gate Capital, added, “We are proud to partner with Gil and the talented Virginia Green team, and have deep respect for the company and culture Gil has built. We look forward to building upon Virginia Green’s already attractive customer acquisition and retention model as we expand the franchise into new geographies.”

Harris Williams served as financial advisor and Williams Mullen served as legal advisor to Virginia Green. TD Cowen served as financial advisor and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP served as legal advisors to Golden Gate Capital.

ABOUT VIRGINIA GREEN

Virginia Green opened for business in 2004 and has grown rapidly employing over 300 associates, including an in-house agronomy team and dedicated customer service representatives focused on delivering 100% client satisfaction. We provide comprehensive commercial and residential lawn care services throughout Virginia including Central Virginia, Northern Virginia, Northside Hampton Roads, the Shenandoah Valley and the New River Valley. Virginia Green is a leader in the lawn care industry by providing the highest quality services, utilizing the best products and associates to deliver fantastic customer lawns and landscapes. Virginia Green prides itself on having an industry leading retention rate at greater than 87%. Virginia Green was ranked #1 in “Best Lawn Service/Landscaping” in a Richmond Times-Dispatch poll four times in the last five years.

ABOUT GOLDEN GATE CAPITAL

Golden Gate Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity firm with over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital. With a long-term investment philosophy, the principals of Golden Gate Capital have a long history of investing across a wide range of industries and transaction types, including going-privates, corporate divestitures, and recapitalizations, as well as debt and public equity investments. For more information, visit www.goldengatecap.com.

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Transaction signed in June, antitrust clearance achieved
Madrid, 25th October 2023.- Today Portobello Capital, the leading independent midmarket private equity manager based in Spain, announced it has closed the sale of
Grupo CTC to Randstad NV, the world’s largest talent company.

Grupo CTC provides outsourced industrial, logistics and sales & marketing services to
customers in its home market of Spain and in Portugal. The company currently operates
from 14 regional offices and 11 owned logistics facilities, servicing over 200 customers.
Demand for outsourcing services is growing significantly in Spain and, with the proposed
acquisition, Randstad will continue to expand its leadership presence in the region. The
move is in keeping with Randstad’s broader strategic objective of strengthening its
capabilities in value added services for customers in key markets.

“We are investors in the different companies which are now part of CTC since 2006.
During this period, CTC has become the absolute leader in the outsourcing market, and
we want to compliment Juan-Cruz Alcalde and the rest of the management team for
growing this organization to date. We are absolutely convinced that as part of Randstad,
Grupo CTC will continue to accelerate and deliver excellence to its customers in Spain
and Portugal.”

— Luis Peñarrocha, Founding Partner of Portobello
The transaction was signed in July and completion was subject to antitrust clearance,
which was achieved on October 11th.

about randstad
Randstad is the world’s largest talent company and a partner of choice to clients. We are committed to
providing equitable opportunities to people from all backgrounds and help them remain relevant in the rapidly
changing world of work. We have a deep understanding of the labor market and help our clients to create
the high-quality, diverse and agile workforces they need to succeed. Our 46,000 employees around the
world make a positive impact on society by helping people to realize their true potential throughout their
working life.

Randstad was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Diemen, the Netherlands. In 2022, in our 39 markets,
we helped more than 2 million people find a job that feels good and advised over 230,000 clients on their
talent needs. We generated revenue of €27.6 billion. Randstad N.V. is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam.
For more information, see www.randstad.com

about Grupo CTC
Grupo CTC was created through the complementary integration of two leading companies in the outsourcing
industry, Stock Uno, specialized in operational marketing, and CTC Externalización, leader in logistic and
industrial processes. Grupo CTC renders a wide range of high value-add services to customers enhancing
productivity, flexibility, focus on core tasks and capital management. Headquartered in both Madrid and

PORTOBELLO CAPITAL GESTIÓN SGEIC, S.A
ALMAGRO, 36 – 28010 MADRID NIF: A-86262375
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y en el Registro Mercantil de Madrid, tomo 29.064, folio 80, sección 8ª, hoja M-523.318
Barcelona, Grupo CTC counts with a rich 35 year history in the market, possessing significant capillarity
across 14 branch offices in Spain and Portugal. For more information, please refer to the Grupo CTC website
at www.grupoctc.com/

about Portobello Capital
Founded in 2010, Portobello Capital is a leading independent mid-market private equity manager based in
Spain and operating across Southern Europe. Portobello Capital has assets under management worth more
than 2 billion euros, an experienced team of 40 professionals and a current portfolio of 22 companies. For
more information, please refer to the Portobello Capital website at www.portobellocapital.es/en/

August 8, 2023 – PHILADELPHIA – ToxStrategies, a best-in-class, multidisciplinary scientific consulting firm, today announced the acquisition of Modality Solutions (“Modality”). Founded in 2011 by Gary Hutchinson and Dan Littlefield, Modality optimizes the biopharmaceutical cold chain for novel, fragile, and controlled-temperature medical therapies and provides expert counsel on the complex filing requirements for these advanced drug products. In addition, Modality specializes in shipping validation testing using next generation, multi-modal simulation technologies. Pharmaceutical and biotech clients increasingly depend upon Modality to assist in the development of cold chain operations, as therapies have become more sensitive to changes in temperature. ToxStrategies is a portfolio company of Renovus Capital Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ToxStrategies partnered with Renovus Capital Partners in November 2022 with the goal of expanding its existing client base and developing new end markets. The acquisition of Modality by ToxStrategies brings together two best-in-class consulting firms within the life sciences industry, creating greater diversification across the customer base. Mssrs. Hutchison and Littlefield will continue to lead Modality as a Division of ToxStrategies.

“The partnership between ToxStrategies and Modality is an ideal strategic fit,” said Laurie Couture Haws, President of ToxStrategies. “Our centralized platform will allow us to cross leverage expertise to better serve our clients across life sciences sectors. We are pleased to welcome Gary, Dan, and the Modality team to ToxStrategies.”

Mr. Hutchison added, “We are thrilled to become part of the ToxStrategies platform. The combination of our capabilities will provide continued growth opportunities by allow us to engage with a broader client base, as well as with a with additional segments of the drug development life cycle than before.”

“ToxStrategies has benefitted from being one of several Renovus portfolio companies in the life sciences industry, giving it access to a vast network of relationships, capabilities, and industry expertise,” said Jesse Serventi, a founding partner at Renovus Capital Partners. “We are now excited to support ToxStrategies’ acquisition of Modality, which brings deep expertise in cold chain development and the regulatory processes central to the life sciences industry. We are confident that this acquisition will further enhance ToxStrategies’ capabilities as a leading life sciences consultant and create numerous growth opportunities for the company.”

About ToxStrategies

ToxStrategies is a multidisciplinary scientific consulting firm specializing in toxicology, epidemiology, exposure sciences, industrial hygiene and safety, and regulatory compliance. They are a cutting-edge firm that strives to develop innovative solutions to address the complex scientific, technical, and regulatory challenges confronting their clients. ToxStrategies has a reputation for applying sound science and novel approaches tailored to meet the specific needs of their clients, whether a rapid response or a comprehensive analysis is required. The ToxStrategies’ team of toxicologists, epidemiologists, industrial hygienists, engineers, exposure scientists, modelers, biostatisticians, information specialists, and regulatory specialists are recognized as leaders in their respective disciplines and bring a high level of technical expertise to every project. ToxStrategies has extensive experience assessing potential health risks associated with exposures to a wide variety of consumer products, food ingredients and additives, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, pesticides, industrial chemicals and environmental contaminants. ToxStrategies is headquartered in Texas and has offices and remote consultants throughout the US, Canada and England. For more information, please visit www.toxstrategies.com and on LinkedIn.

Eurazeo, the management team led by Olivier Farouz and Montefiore Investment today announced that they have entered into a strategic financing agreement where funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have agreed to provide Groupe Premium with €400m of financing equity. As part of the transaction, Blackstone will also acquire a limited minority stake in the business. Blackstone’s investment will provide Groupe Premium with further flexibility to grow the business. On the financing side, Barings renews its support to the Group with a new debt package of €300m.

The completion of the transaction would value the company at €1.15bn.
Eurazeo and its affiliates would realize a 3.3x cash-on-cash multiple at the completion date, including c.€185m of cash proceeds (of which c.€65m for Eurazeo balance sheet), the remainder of c.€135m being reinvested in the operation.

The transaction remains subject to the approval of the Group’s supervisory authorities.
Eurazeo would retain control of the company, reaffirming its trust in the Group for years to come.

Founded in 2000, Groupe Premium is a leading player in wealth management in France, through its three activities of brokerage in life insurance and retirement savings products through the Predictis and Cap Finances networks, asset management through its subsidiary Flornoy-Ferri and wealth management consulting. The Group manages €8.5bn assets and achieved in 2022 a turnover of €188m, growing of + 80% vs 2021 and aims for a level of activity of €263m in 2023.

In 2018, Montefiore invested in Groupe Premium and supported the acceleration of the company’s development before handing over control to Eurazeo in July 2021. Since Eurazeo’s entry into the capital, Eurazeo has supported the group by providing it with the human and financial resources necessary for its structuration and its development, in particular through the geographical expansion of its network of independent agents in France which counts 1100 partners, and by the creation of the Group’s wealth management consulting division, which today represents €3bn in assets under management and is the result of 8 acquisitions made over the past two years. Over these last five years, sales have been multiplied by ten.

Driven by the renewed confidence of its historical shareholders, the group intends to continue its strong organic growth by continuing to strengthen its product range and digitalization, while accelerating its active external growth policy, both France and internationally.

The company, owned by the investment fund Portobello Capital, acquires Sacyr’s facility management activity through the purchase of Sacyr Facilities. ▪ The transaction is valued at €87 million. ▪ Serveo consolidates its presence in the facility management sector with an estimated consolidated turnover of around €1.5 billion. July 27th, 2023. Serveo, company owned by Portobello Capital investment fund, acquires Sacyr’s facility management business through the purchase of Sacyr Facilities for €87 million. This acquisition, with completion subject to approval from the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC), represents Serveo´s consolidation as one of the main operators in the facility management business. With this acquisition, the company is expected to reach a turnover of around €1.5 billion. Sacyr Facilities is Sacyr Group’s division focused on the facility services activity, integrating five major business lines: cleaning, maintenance, facility management, energy services and social services. With presence in Spain and Chile, they have an annual turnover of €380 million with a team of more than 16,000 professionals.

Following the authorization of the transaction by the CNMC, the integration of both teams and portfolio of contracts will be carried out progressively over the coming months, always under the parameters of operational excellence on which Serveo bases its management, and with the aim of minimizing any impact on customers and users.

With this acquisition, Serveo continues with its growth strategy in the facility management market and consolidates its position as one of the main operators in the sector with presence in Spain, Portugal and, with this transaction, in Chile. In this sense, the incorporation of Sacyr Facilities will increase Serveo’s capabilities to continue growing with value-added services, process engineering and operational excellence.

About Serveo
In October 2021, Portobello Capital and Ferrovial announced an agreement where the Spanish fund would acquire a 75.01% stake in Serveo, with Ferrovial retaining 24.99% of the capital, proving its confidence in the consistency of the business and management team. Serveo launched its new brand in March 2022, following the entry of Portobello Capital as a shareholder.
Serveo, with more than 30 years of experience, is a leader in transversal, efficient and sustainable services that drive the growth and development of its clients and society, especially in the health, industry, transport, energy and facility management sectors. With more than 27,000 employees, it has a stable presence throughout Spain, enabling it to manage high impact and complex projects.

About Portobello Founded in 2010, Portobello Capital is a leading independent mid-market private equity firm, based in Spain and investing in Southern Europe. It has more than 2,000 million euros of Assets Under Management, an experienced team of more than forty professionals and a current portfolio of 22 companies.
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Thompson Street Capital Partners (“TSCP”), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, today announced the acquisition of the assets of 5 Star Pest Solutions LLC (“5 Star”) by PestCo Holdings, LLC (“PestCo”), a TSCP portfolio company. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, 5 Star is a leading provider of commercial pest control services with a focus on multi-family communities in the greater Indianapolis area. With the backing of PestCo’s team and resources, 5 Star is positioned for future growth, while continuing to provide high-quality service to customers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

This is the eleventh investment for PestCo, an acquisition company formed to consolidate the highly fragmented pest control industry.

“5 Star is an established, quality-focused company and we believe a solid way for us to enter the Indianapolis market,” said Jay Keating, CEO of PestCo. “We are excited to enhance growth opportunities for the business while creating opportunities for the 5 Star team.”

“Thompson Street is excited to continue to expand PestCo’s growing presence by entering the Indianapolis pest control services market. We look forward to partnering with the 5 Star team to help the company achieve its next phase of growth,” said Jeff Aiello, Managing Director, TSCP.