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NEW YORK, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ardian, a global private investment firm, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its majority stake in Acousti Engineering ("Acousti" or the "Company"), a leading specialty interiors contractor providing ceiling, drywall, and flooring solutions for institutional and commercial markets across the Southeastern United States, to Gamut Capital Management, L.P. (“Gamut”).

Ardian, a world-leading private investment firm, today announces that it has secured commitment from several Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Proparco. British International Investment (BII) have signaled their intention to provide commitment to the Nature Based Solutions fund. Total fund commitments will stand for a total of c. €100m by year end to Ardian’s Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) strategy. As anchor investors, EIB’s development arm EIB Global commits €50m, while Proparco will commit €20m and British International Investment has received approval for a €10m commitment, subject to final negotiations.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announces it has raised $3.2 billion for the sixth generation of its global Co-Investment platform, Ardian Co-Investment Fund VI, including Fund commitments and mandates from Ardian Customized Solutions.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announces that it has acquired a 100% stake in CampusParc, the concessionaire that manages, operates, and maintains the parking facilities at The Ohio State University’s flagship campus in Columbus, Ohio. Ardian acquired the company from funds managed by QIC.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announced it has acquired a US$2.1 billion portfolio of limited partnership interests in 20 private equity funds from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments™), a global investment management organization with C$575 billion of assets under management. The portfolio comprises 20 limited partnership interests, a majority of which are North American but also includes European buyout funds.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, has sold its investment in Soteria Flexibles Holdings LLC to TJC LP (TJC). With the Ardian North America Fund team’s support, today Soteria Flexibles is a North American leader in short-run, custom flexible packaging manufacturing serving the healthcare, fresh food, industrial, foodservice, janitorial/sanitation and commercial markets.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announced that its North America Fund team acquired a majority stake in Tom Barrow Company, a market-leading provider of commercial HVAC solutions in the US Southeast. The management team and founding family will continue to own a meaningful minority share of the business.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announced the final closing of US$2.1bn for its latest Americas infrastructure fund – Ardian Americas Infrastructure Fund V (AAIF V). Continuing its successful investment strategy, AAIF V will invest in high-quality, mid-market US and other OECD American essential infrastructure assets in the telecommunications, transportation, and energy transition sectors.

Florida Food Products (“FFP” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest independent providers of natural ingredients, announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Javo Beverage Company (“Javo”) subject to customary closing conditions. Javo is a leading natural extractor of clean label coffee, tea, and botanicals with a focus on beverage applications. Javo is widely recognized for its unique extraction capabilities that facilitate the delivery of exceptional cold brew coffee solutions to industry leading consumer brands, manufacturers, and restaurants.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announces it has raised $5.25bn for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure (ASF VIII Infrastructure). The fund, which was significantly oversubscribed and reached its hard cap within nine months, is the largest infrastructure secondaries platform in the world. It represents a more than 3x increase from the previous generation raised in 2017.

Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in Florida Food Products ( “FFP” or the “Company”) through its U.S. Buyout team from MidOcean Partners (“MidOcean”) for an enterprise value in excess of $1 billion. MidOcean initially invested in the business in 2018 and will retain a significant stake in FFP alongside Ardian. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.