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Consortium raises bid price for VNU to €8.5bnThe private equity consortium bidding for Dutch media and marketing business VNU has increased its offer from €28.75 to €29.50, a move which has already received a positive response from shareholder Templeton Global Advisors.
- Carlyle Group exits Dr. Pepper/Seven Up
The Washington, DC-based firm will sell its share of the US bottling unit to joint venture partner, Cadbury Schweppes.
- Gearing up for rejection
Private equity firms are having trouble spending the record sums being raised, especially when it comes to European public-to-privates. Robert Venes reports.
- Sequoia Capital and WestBridge merge for India
Silicon Valley-based Sequoia Capital has merged with India and US-focused venture capital firm WestBridge Capital Partners.
- Morgan Stanley acquires 75% stake in Ssangyong
Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia is pushing ahead with an investment in Korea at a time when a number of heavyweight US GPs are under scrutiny from the Korean authorities.
- Militant private equity
Bill Owen, the latest military-political figure to leave Washington for the world of alternative assets, is joining AEA Holdings to head up the firm’s growing Asia platform. By Aaron Lovell.
- Shareholder revolt over €7.4bn VNU bid
VNU shareholder Knight Vinke Asset Management has reiterated its opposition to an offer from private equity consortium Valcon and has encouraged other shareholders to reject the bid in an AGM later this month.
- Carlyle, Atlas exit UK’s Orthogon Systems
Motorola has acquired UK wireless Ethernet solutions provider Orthogon Systems.
- Liberty Global sells third European arm to private equity
Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners have agreed to acquire UPC Sweden, following the recent sales of UPC Norway and UPC France to Candover and Cinven respectively.
- End of the road
Is the distressed pendulum swinging? Investors have recently been looking towards Germany for distressed debt investing—but, according to some in the space, the smart focus for bad debt investing is the US. By Aaron Lovell.