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Carlyle lands £360m cash machine dealThe global buyout firm has sealed a deal for De La Rue's Cash Systems division at the lower end of price expectations. The division was responsible for the world's first automated teller machine, and now has its mechanisms inside one in 10 ATMs worldwide.
- Goldman Sachs, TPG to exit Alltel in $28.1bn sale
Verizon Wireless has agreed to purchase the telecom company less than a year after it was taken private for $27.5bn.
- Report: Carlyle nears £400m deal for De La Rue division
The buyout firm is reportedly weeks away from closing a deal for De La Rue’s cash systems division, whose products include ATMs, cash counting machines and related software.
- S&P: PIK-toggle notes may be harmful to debt-holders
PIK structures, frequently found in LBO-related debt offerings and currently being exercised by firms including KKR, Bain and Permira, may be staving off inevitable default to the detriment of debt-holders, according to Standard & Poor’s.
- Carlyle releases first public annual report
The mega-buyout firm has revealed it booked $8.9 billion in returned equity and profits for LPs last year, while also addressing the failure of Carlyle Capital and the decline of the leveraged buyout boom.
- Carlyle raises €2.2bn European property fund
The world's largest buyout firm, as ranked by Private Equity International's PEI 50, has up to €9bn available with leverage for its third European real estate fund, making it Europe’s largest private equity real estate fund.
- New Mountain GP highlights need to influence public perception
Improved explanation of private equity's benefits could combat assaults by unions, many of whose members' pension funds profit from the asset class, Michael Flaherman told the PEI Investor Relations and Communications Forum in New York today.
- KKR to acquire Unisteel for $576m
The global private equity firm will delist the Singapore disk-drive parts manufacturer, having reportedly edged out other private equity firms such as The Carlyle Group and Bain Capital.
- SEIU takes anti-buyout campaign international
The Service Employees International Union is organising simultaneous protests in 100 cities across 25 countries as part of its ongoing campaign against the private equity industry.
- Carlyle invests in US logistics company
The Carlyle Group’s $1.1bn infrastructure fund has done its second deal and joined the growing trend of private equity firms targeting the logistics space.