PAI Partners (“PAI”), a pre-eminent private equity firm, today announces that it has made a binding offer to acquire a majority stake in the ECF Group (“ECF”), a leading business-to-business distributor of equipment and consumables for hospitality and care professionals, from French private equity firm Naxicap Partners (“Naxicap”). After completion, Naxicap would remain a minority shareholder in the business alongside PAI and the management team.