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- Late Apax offer fails to win Kirch day
The creditors of insolvent German media group KirchMedia have accepted Haim Saban’s E525m offer for the group’s ProSieben TV unit.
- LBO France in exclusive for Matéris
Paris-based private equity house LBO France has beaten off competition from a number of US financial buyers for the private equity owned French building materials manufacturer.
- Double money on Materis exit
Carlyle Group, CVC Capital Partners and Advent International have more than doubled their investment in the French building materials business, selling it to LBO France for E1.1bn.
- Yale Endowment under union pressure
Yale University has come under attack from trade unions in the US alleging non-disclosure of some of its investments and conflicts of interest involving members of the Investment Committee.
- Eurazeo, Carlyle link for Terreal deal
French buyout firm Eurazeo has joined forces with Carlyle Group to back the E515m buyout of Terreal, the French tiles and bricks manufacturing unit of Saint-Gobain.
- SSL shortlists bidders for disposal programme
ABN Amro Capital, 3i and Electra Partners are among a group of bidders seeking to acquire two units put up for sale by the UK healthcare group.
- Kirkland & Ellis eyes German opportunity
The US corporate law firm’s European private equity practice is mulling plans to open an office in Germany by 2004.
- PE firms circle Deutsche Bahn unit
KKR, Carlyle and BC Partners are among a number of firms being linked with the struggling German railway group’s chemicals distribution business.
- UBS Capital prepares for garden products sale
UBS Capital has hired Morgan Stanley to advise on the sale of Global Garden Products, the buy-and-build it developed from 1999, with a target valuation of E500m.