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Deal Wrap: Truelink to buy GES from Viad; Investcorp AI to merge with Bigtincan

Deal Wrap is updated as of 3 p.m. ET.

– Truelink Capital will acquire Las Vegas-based events and exhibits organizer Global Experience Specialists Inc., which does business as GES, from Viad Corp. Baird and BrightTower were Truelink's financial advisers and Kirkland & Ellis was its legal adviser. Moelis & Company LLC was Viad's financial adviser and Latham & Watkins LLP was its legal adviser.

– Investcorp Holdings BSC agreed to merge subsidiary Investcorp AI Acquisition Corp. with Australian software developer Bigtincan Holdings Ltd. to create Nasdaq-listed entity Bigtincan Ltd. Jett Capital Advisors LLC and Henslow Pty. Ltd. were Bigtincan's financial advisers and Gilbert + Tobin and A&O Shearman were its legal advisers. Clayton Utz and Winston & Strawn LLP were Investcorp's legal advisers.

– The Riverside Co. agreed to sell the Plasti-Fab Ltd. and Insulspan Inc. business units of PFB Corp. to Carlisle Companies Inc. for about C$260 million. Houlihan Lokey was PFB's financial adviser, and Paul Hastings and Blakes was its legal adviser.

– Trivest Partners LP agreed to sell US-based transportation engineering firm BCC Engineering LLC to Parsons Corp. for $230 million. BofA Securities was Parson's financial adviser and Jenner & Block was its legal adviser.

– Mentor Capital Inc. repurchased 2,855,712 of its outstanding shares through public market purchases for an undisclosed amount.

For more private equity deals, read our latest In Play report, which looks at potential private equity-backed M&A, including rumored transactions, each week.