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Pandora Jewelry’s IPO Priced; Offering At High End Could Be Worth $2.16 Billion

PE-backed United Test & Assembly Center Seeks Relisting In Singapore Via IPO

A Gores Group-led Investor Group Buys Weyerhaeuser Co.’s Cosmopolis Mill

An investor group led by Gores Group LLC of Los Angeles acquired the Cosmopolis high purity cellulose mill from Weyerhaeuser Co. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The group includes Dermot Smurfit, a paper and packaging industry veteran.

Catterton Partners Sells Controlling Stake In Heartland Recreational To Thor Industries

Catterton Partners sold a controlling stake in its portfolio company Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC to Thor Industries Inc. for more than $200 million in cash and stock. Heartland will continue to operate under the same name and will maintain its current brand portfolio.

K-Sea Transportation Completes $100M Investment Deal With KA First Reserve

K-Sea Transportation Partners LP completed its agreement with KA First Reserve LLC. K-Sea Transportation sold 2.8 million more convertible preferred units for $15 million. The transactions raised $100 million in exchange for a total of 18.4 million convertible preferred units. KA First Reserve is a partnership between First Reserve and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors that previously agreed to invest $100 million in K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. in exchange for the 18.4 million units.

S&P Rates Blackstone Holdings Finance’s Sr Unsecured Debt As ‘A’

Standard & Poor's assigned its 'A' senior unsecured debt rating to Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC's senior unsecured debt due March 15, 2021. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Blackstone Group L.P. and Blackstone Partnerships. S&P said the rating is based on the pure asset-manager business model, stable recurring revenue streams, diverse businesses, a strong balance sheet, and a high level of transparency in the guarantor partnerships.

Carlyle Group Considers Taking A Stake In A Hedge Fund Manager - Report

3i Group’s Jonathan Russell Departing As UK Firm Merges Divisions

Navis Capital Sells Linatex To Weir Group

Navigation Capital’s James Brown Contracting Buys Schrader Trucking

Navigation Capital Partners of Atlanta’s James Brown Contracting Inc. acquired Schrader Trucking Co. Inc., a Jefferson City, Tenn.-based dry van truckload carrier. Schrader has 95 trucks and 201 trailers. It operates in the Southeast as well as in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Texas and Canada.