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Carlyle and PAI in $900m technology dealThe Schneider Electric carve-out will be the first investment from PAI's new Europe VI fund
- Fremont, TPG to acquire insurance company
The buyout of Nasdaq-listed Direct General is valued at approximately $628m.
- Affinity, Unitas in $650m Chinese cleantech exit
The pair has sold Leader & Harvest, a Chinese cleantech company, for $650m, a figure representing more than three times the price paid in late 2009.
- Weston Presido in 2.7x apparel exit
The sale marks the second exit in two weeks for the firm, which last year had 10 liquidity events resulting in over $435 million of distributions.
- KKR, Wendel sell €555m of Legrand shares
The partial exit of electrical business Legrand was at a price just shy of the business’ blockbuster 2006 IPO.
- Legrand IPO 30x oversubscribed
The flotation of the private equity-backed French electrical equipment maker forced a temporary suspension of the Euronext Paris market today amid frenzied demand for shares.
- Report: Legrand planning €7bn IPO
The Wendel Investissement and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts-owned electrical retailer is expected to carry out one of France’s largest flotations of recent times.
- Deal round-up 29/10/03
European investors back US nanotech round; Apax leads Wisair round; ePlanet Ventures invests in End2End; Bumper round for Biospect
- TAC sale nets strong exit for EQT
The Nordic private equity house has sold building technology company TAC to Schneider Electric for E420m, achieving a ten-fold return on its initial equity investment in 1998.
- Wendel Consortium completes Legrand deal
Equity for the E3.7bn acquisition of Legrand is provided by a group of sponsors led by KKR and Wendel and including HSBC, West LB and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.