Zeus Investments Peru launched a takeover bid to acquire 84.04% stake in Hermes Transportes Blindados S.A. (BVL:HERMESC1) from Carlyle Peru Fund, L.P. and Carlyle South America Partners, L.P. managed by The Carlyle Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:CG) on December 3, 2019. The operation is subject to the company acquiring a minimum stake of 83.93% of the social capital of Hermes. Jefferies LLC acted as financial advisor to Hermes Transportes Blindados S.A. S. Todd Crider, Andrew B. Purcell, Gareth Earl and Daniel James Thomas Lloyd of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal advisors to CVC Capital Partners.

Zeus Investments Peru completed the acquisition of 83.39% stake in Hermes Transportes Blindados S.A. (BVL:HERMESC1) from Carlyle Peru Fund, L.P. and Carlyle South America Partners, L.P. managed by The Carlyle Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:CG) for an enterprise value of approximately $400 million on January 7, 2020.