HYVE: The events organising business went private in a £320m deal led by two US private equity firms. Critics called the price "opportunistic".

CLINIGEN: Triton - a Londonbased investment firm - secured a £1.3m takeover battle for the listed pharma firm in 2022.

DECHRA: The £4.5bn take private by Swedish firm EQT was finally given the green light in June of this year.

BIFFA: Taking out the bins led to a takeprivate by Energy Capital Partners in 2022, with a final bid of £1.3bn sealing the deal after a protracted process.

SURESERVE: The board of Sureserve agreed an all-cash take private offer of £214m in April of this year.

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