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Silver Lake, Michael Dell win rules changeThe duo trying to acquire Dell has revised their offer; now the sale price will be a minimum of $13.88 per share. Although, the vote will be pushed back another month at least.
- Silver Lake prevails in $24.9bn Dell deal
The tech-focused private equity firm and the PC-maker’s founder have been working since February to reach an agreement with Dell’s shareholders.
- PEI Awards: Carlyle and Partners Group win big
The results are in: Carlyle and Partners Group claimed top prizes in multiple categories, with groups including Apollo, Landmark, Actis, Navis and EQT also proving themselves as standout players.
- Friday Price: The right price
These are halcyon days for the US high yield market. Take yesterday’s announcement that technology group SunGard had successfully raised a $3 billion (€2.5 billion) junk bond in support of the $11.3 billion buyout of the company that took place in March this year by a seven-strong consortium of private equity firms, led by Silver Lake Partners.
- Friday Letter Much bigger boots, with broader straps
Sceptics say private equity is a business on life support, but if the recent exploits of KKR are anything to go by, it would seem the industry’s reinvention is making excellent progress.
- Friday Letter To list or not to list
Private equity-backed IPO filings and floats are on the rise, but that doesn’t mean public markets will necessarily take over as a preferred exit route.
- Friday Letter: Skype - the deal that keeps delivering
A cursory trawl of our archives demonstrates just how intimately tied Skype has been to venture capital and private equity firms during its short lifetime, and how profitable it has been for those firms which took a punt on the business.
- Friday Letter Operational experts shine in PEI awards
Browsing through the winners of PEI’s 2011 awards, one thing becomes apparent: the winners are by and large firms with a demonstrable ability to operationally improve portfolio companies.
- Silver Lake seeks $7.5bn for next fund
A little more than a year after its blockbuster exit from Skype, Silver Lake has launched its fourth fund targeting $7.5bn.
- NYC considers purchasing secondary interests
The $124bn retirement system would likely focus on individual interests in existing relationships, says head of private equity Barry Miller.