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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has completed its $17.6 billion public-to-private acquisition by The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Permira and Texas Pacific Group. www.freescale.com
PAI Partners has agreed to buy the Roofing unit of Lafarge SA (NYSE: LR) for Euro 1.96 billion in cash and Euro 420 million in assumed debt and pension liabilities. www.lafarge.com
Cerberus Capital Management is in talks to acquire 12 U.S. plants of bankrupt auto-parts maker Delphi Corp., according to Bloomberg.
EMI Group PLC (PSE: EMI) is expected to reject a Gbp 2.5 billion buyout offer from Permira, according to The Times of London. The music publisher apparently believes the 310 pence per share offer is too low, and will told out for at least 350 pence per share. www.emi.com www.permira.com
Blue Horizon Organic Seafood Co., an Aptos, Calif.-based supplier of branded and private-label seafood from environmentally-sustainable sources, has raised an undisclosed amount of private equity funding from Greenmont Capital Partners. www.bluehorizonseafood.com
Airport Management & Investment Ltd. has completed its sale of the London City Airport to AIG Financial Products and Global Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure-focused joint partnership between Credit Suisse and GE Infrastructure. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which included leveraged financing arranged by The Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse. London […]
Industri Kapital has acquired Attendo, a Sweden-based provider of care services for older and disabled people in the Nordic region, from Bridgepoint Private Equity. No financial terms were disclosed. Bridgepoint acquired a majority stake in Attendo in February 2005, at an enterprise value of approximately Euro 225 million. www.industrikapital.com
NGBI Private Equity has sponsored a Gbp14 million buyout of Change Recruitment Group, a Scotland-based recruitment consultancy focused on professionals in the financial services, investment, legal, distribution and logistics markets. www.nbgipe.co.uk
Lone Star Funds has increased the amount it will pay to buy Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Inc. (Nasdaq: STAR) from $27.10 per share to $27.35 per share. www.lonestarsteakhouse.com
Asia Capital Holding, pan-Asian reinsurance startup based in Singapore, has raised $620 million from 3i Group and Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Malaysian government investment arm). 3i contributed approximately $200 million, while Morgan Stanley served as ACH's exclusive placement agent. www.3i.com
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