FACTBOX: Top 10 financial sponsor deals in 2009
(Reuters) - The following list shows the 10 largest deals by private equity buyers in 2009, according to preliminary data from Thomson Reuters.
Six of the 10 were announced in the fourth quarter, fueling hopes that private equity deal-making is returning in earnest.
TARGET BUYER DEAL SIZE
1. Delphi Corp Elliott Management Corp, $11.0 bln
Silver Point Capital
2. IMS Health TPG, Canada Pension Plan $5.1 bln
3. Springer Science EQT, GIC $3.4 bln
4. AB InBev CEE CVC $3.0 bln
5. Busch Entertainment Blackstone $2.7 bln
6. Gatwick Airport Global Infrastructure $2.5 bln
7. Skype Silver Lake, Andreessen $2.0 bln
Horowitz, Canada Pension Plan
8. KKR PE Investors KKR $1.9 bln
9. Oriental Brewery KKR $1.8 bln
10. Broadgate Blackstone $1.7 bln
Source: Thomson Reuters
(Compiled by Simon Meads; Edited by Steve Orlofsky.)
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