OMERS Private Equity and AIMCo Acquire Vue for $1.5B

OMERS Private Equity, the private equity investment arm of the OMERS pension plan, in equal partnership with Alberta Investment Management Corporation is to acquire Vue Entertainment from Doughty Hanson and management. Vue is an operator of modern multiplex cinemas in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Taiwan. The transaction is expected to close by late July 2013.

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