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...Carlyle, the US private equity group, and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have won a fight to buy the speciality chemicals arm of Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel for €10.1bn including debt....
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...Carlyle, the US private equity group, has prevailed in a competitive auction to acquire the speciality chemicals arm of Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel in a deal for the unit which was expected to fetch as...
...The three biggest in Europe last year took place outside the UK, including Carlyle’s €10.1bn acquisition of Akzo Nobel’s speciality chemicals business in the Netherlands, and CVC’s purchase of Italy’s Recordati...
...It also downgraded Wacker Chemie and Clariant to “underweight” and restarted coverage of Akzo Nobel with the same rating, all on valuation grounds....
...In the Netherlands, a green energy purchasing consortium formed by Google, Philips, Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals and nutritional supplement supplier DSM began receiving power from a wind farm this year...
...Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel has confirmed that it has wrapped up a deal to sell its specialty chemicals unit to US private equity group Carlyle and Singaporean investment fund GIC for an enterprise value...
...Carlyle wins fight for Akzo Nobel speciality chemicals arm A group of investors led by US buyout giant Carlyle agreed to pay €10.1bn including debt for Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals unit after months...
...US private equity group Apollo has teamed up with one of the Netherlands’ largest pension funds as co-investors to buy a piece of Akzo Nobel’s business as it looks to position itself as a viable Dutch option...
...US private equity giant Apollo has teamed up with one of the Netherlands' largest pension funds as co-investors to buy a piece of Akzo Nobel's business as it looks to position itself as a viable Dutch option...
...Scoop to start: Carlyle has prevailed in an auction to acquire the speciality chemicals arm of Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel....
...Last month Carlyle, the Washington-based private equity group, won a fiercely competitive auction to take over Akzo Nobel’s €10.1bn specialty chemicals unit after the business became a takeover target....
...Dutch paintmaker Akzo Nobel sold off its speciality chemicals division this year, following an investor revolt over its rejection of a €27bn takeover bid, while ThyssenKrupp has placed its steelmaking operations...
...Worsening outlook for UK life expectancy boosts insurers Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel publishes full-year and fourth-quarter results....
...Akzo Nobel has a market value of €19.5bn ($22.7bn). An Axalta spokesperson said it would not comment on market speculation. Akzo Nobel said it “never respond[s] to market rumours”....
...Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel has reported a 13.3 per cent slide in third quarter underlying earnings on the back of problems across currencies, manufacturing disruptions and pressure on margins....
...Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel has issued a profits warning, just weeks after calling a truce with the activist investor Elliott Advisors over a decision to reject a €27bn takeover bid from a US rival....
...So it seems odd that companies should trumpet cash handouts to shareholders, as Akzo Nobel did on Wednesday....
...In the end, Carlyle was the sole winner of Akzo Nobel's €10.1bn specialty chemicals business, paying a price that represents a punchy 10 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation...
...Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel has issued a profits warning just weeks after settling a bitter shareholder feud over its decision to reject a takeover bid from a US rival....
...Nippon Paint submitted an offer this week that valued Axalta at a much higher premium than the figure being contemplated by the US group as it held talks with Amsterdam-based Akzo Nobel, according to people...
...While the chemicals industry was consolidating, Akzo Nobel stood on the sidelines, focusing on its internal problems. Broadly, the strategy worked: the share price nearly doubled from its 2012 low....
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