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Buyout battle looms for Thomson divisionSome of the world’s biggest buyout firms are set to fight it out for the $3.5 billion-valued higher education division of publishing company Thomson, in the latest demonstration of private equity’s appetite for the sector.
- Providence to buy Clear Channel division for $1.2bn
Clear Channel is selling a group of 54 television stations to Providence Equity Partners for $1.2 billion. The media giant is also in agreements to sell 161 radio stations for $331 million.
- Wendel recruits Donnet for Asia push
Wendel, the French-listed investment group, is continuing its efforts to expand outside its home market by launching an Asia-Pacific operation and recruiting Philippe Donnet to run it.
- Warburg Pincus buys $625 million Metavante
Warburg Pincus has become the second private equity firm this week to back a US-based electronic payments firm, following KKR’s $29 billion acquisition of First Data on Monday.
- Explosive maker rejects $8.3bn buyout proposal
Orica, an Australia-listed explosive maker, has seen its share prices jump by more than twenty percent after rejecting a A$10 billion proposal from a private equity consortium.
- New Look set for £2bn secondary sale
Permira and Apax Partners have reportedly decided to sell rather than float their £2 billion-rated UK fashion retailer New Look, after the company’s management expressed a preference to remain privately-owned.
- Next could be next
Shares in UK clothing retailer Next hit an all-time high on Wednesday morning, following speculation that it could be the next target for a private equity bid.
- Lowenstein to fight ’knowledge gap’
In his first public comments, the leader of the newly established Private Equity Council said he hopes to avoid the hostility that the industry has faced abroad by educating Washington policymakers about its activities. The lobbying group also named a new vice president today.
- Explosive maker rejects $8.3bn buyout proposal
Orica, an Australia-listed explosive maker, has seen its share prices jump by more than twenty percent after rejecting a A$10 billion proposal from a private equity consortium.
- Walker names team and outlines terms
Sir David Walker has called some of the biggest names in UK private equity to help him draw up a voluntary code for increased transparency and disclosure. Half his team are from big buyout firms.