Leveraged Buyouts

EU mergers and takeovers (July 27)

The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process.


Carlyle, CVC, TPG weigh final bids for Getty

Three private equity firms, including Carlyle Group LP (CG.O) and CVC Capital Partners CVC.UL, are weighing final bids for Getty Images.

Apple to buy fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec for $356 million

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has agreed to buy AuthenTec Inc (AUTH.O) for $8.00 per share. Apple Inc (AAPL. O) has agreed to buy(AUTH. O) for $8. 00 per share, the maker of fingerprint sensor chips used in personal computers said, in a deal valued at about $356 million.

China funds seen nearing Dexia asset management buy

Two Chinese private equity funds are reported to be close to finalizing a deal to buy the asset management arm of Franco-Belgian financial group Dexia.


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United Technologies Corp has agreed to sell industrial businesses of its Hamilton Sundstrand subsidiary to Carlyle Group LP and BC Partners Ltd for $3.46 billion.
The board of Billabong International is seriously considering a A$694 million ($713 million) offer from private equity firm TPG Capital.
Ancestry.com Inc (ACOM.O), the family-history research website, is exploring a sale to private equity firms and is hoping to solicit revised bids from them in early August.
bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.
GE Antares served as administrative agent on a $405 million senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Tank Holdings Corp.
SensiQ Technologies, Inc. has been acquired by private equity firm TechVen Partners, and will seek to aggressively expand the market reach of its Label-Free Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) devices for biomolecular interaction analysis.
South Korea's Woongjin Holdings Co has opted to team up with a local private equity fund to buy a 31 percent stake in water purifier maker Woongjin Coway Co Ltd.
U.S. network equipment maker Cisco (CSCO.O) won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Tuesday for its $5 billion takeover of TV software developer NDS.
Private equity firms Carlyle Group LP (CG.O) and BC Partners Ltd have joined forces and are in advanced talks to buy United Technologies Corp's (UTX.N) industrial businesses.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.
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