PE-Backed Momentive Files for $862.5M IPO

Momentive Performance Materials Holdings, a chemical manufacturer owned by Apollo Management, has filed to raise up to $862.5 million in an initial public offering, Reuters reported. Apollo owns about 89.5 percent of Momentive. GE Capital Equity Investments Inc. owns about 8.9 percent of the company. Momentive makes thermosets, silicones and silicone derivatives and has over 104 manufacturing facilities.

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