Intermediate Capital Group plc (LSE:ICP), Management, and Groos Family agreed to acquire an additional stake in Minimax Viking GmbH from KIRKBI A/S, Klaus Hofmann, Management, Groos family and others on June 6, 2018. As a result of the transaction, Intermediate Capital Group plc will increase its stake in Minimax Viking GmbH from 42% to more than 90%. KIRKBI A/S will exit its stake while Minimax boss Klaus Hofmann will hand over a part of its stake in Minimax Viking to Intermediate Capital Group. The management and the Groos family have reinvested with small stakes. Minimax Viking GmbH reported sales of €1.6 billion and operating profit (EBITDA) of €211 million. The transaction was notified to the European Commission on June 6, 2018. The provisional deadline for the approval by the EU Commission is on July 11, 2018. The European Commission approved the acquisition of Minimax Viking of Germany by Intermediate Capital Group of the UK under the EU Merger Regulation. Volker Kullmann, Björn Holland, Marcus Klie, Roderic Pagel, Markus Feil, Patrick Harrison, Patrick Heinrichs, Sebastian Walczak, Irina Krieger, Jörg Fischer, Peter Gseller, Mark Wagh, Rosanna Connolly, and Miriam Carroll of Sidley Austin acted as legal advisor for ICG. Matthias Hirschmann, Christian Stoll, Kristina Rebmann, Alexander Koch, Ulrich Heßling, Malte Neumann, Bastian Englisch, and Julia Fiedler of Hogan Lovells acted as legal advisor for Kirkbi. Andreas Jürgens, Philip Schmidt, Julia Fuchs, Dirk-Peter Flor, Thomas Gierath, Viktoria Ritter, Tilman Siebert, James Tandler, and Matt Maggiacomo of Reed Smith acted as legal advisor for Groos Family. Flick Gocke Schaumburg Jens Eggenberger, D. Matthias Rogall, Florian Haus, Dirk Reidenbach, Daniel Dreßler, Katarina Spiegl, Tobias Schwan, Frieder Mörwald, Thomas Belz, and Fabian Schmidt of Flick Gocke Schaumburg acted as legal advisor for Minimax. Lazard acted as financial advisor to KIRKBI Invest A/S and ICG Luxembourg. Intermediate Capital Group plc (LSE:ICP), Management, and Groos Family completed the acquisition of an additional stake in Minimax Viking GmbH from KIRKBI A/S, Klaus Hofmann, Management, Groos family and others on June 28, 2018.