REANDA-NEWS. June 09, 2016. Altamir is pleased to announce the closing of four transactions that have stepped up portfolio turnover:

·      The €50m1 investment in Marlink, the commercial satellite communications business spun off by the Airbus Group, of which €18m is invested directly and the remainder via funds2;

·      The €17m1 investment in Sandaya, a French outdoor accommodation group with four- and five-star campgrounds in France and Spain;

·      The €93.5m sale of Altamir's investment in Infopro Digital, France's leading provider of professional information services and Altamir's largest investment, representing a multiple of almost three times the amount originally invested;

·      The €8.5m in revenue received on preference shares in Maisons du Monde, a former portfolio company, on the occasion of its recent IPO.

These transactions come in addition to those already closed during the first half of 2016:

·      Three investments in the TMT sector totalling €88m1: InfoVista, worldwide provider of network performance software solutions; Melita, Malta's leading convergent telecoms network operator; Cabovis?o/ONI, Portugal's second-largest cable operator and one of its principal telecoms operators, respectively.

·      The partial sale of Altamir's stake in Gfi Informatique, a French IT services company, for €25.2m;

·      The sale of its remaining stake in Capio for €21.4m, generating an overall exit multiple of 1.6 times the amount invested;

·      The partial sale of its stake in GardaWorld for €2.6m, generating a multiple of 1.5 times the amount invested in 2012;

·      The sale of its stake in Rhiag for €1.9m, generating an IRR of 60% and a multiple of 3.3 times the amount invested in 2013.

Following these transactions, closed in the first half of 2016, Altamir's portfolio turnover stands at more than 20%, with investments of around €155m and divestments of €153m.

As a result, the portfolio is now comprised of 38 companies, vs. 36 at end-2015, and has three more companies (in net terms) in the TMT sector.