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		<description><![CDATA[In Feb-01 Heartland Industrial Partners (‘Heartland’) purchased 27m shares of the common stock of U.S. Collins &#38; Aikman Corp. (‘Collins &#38; Aikman’) for US$135m from The Blackstone Group and Wasserstein Perella Partners (reducing their holding by half). At the same time it purchased 25m newly issued shares of common stock from the company itself. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assiduity.wordpress.com&blog=665028&post=40&subd=assiduity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late 1999 Carlyle agreed to buy a 26% stake in the German spark plug specialist BERU AG (&#8216;BERU&#8217;) at €30 per share from a group of family shareholders.
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		<description><![CDATA[In Oct-97 The Blackstone Group (‘Blackstone’) acquired 63.9% of the         common stock of U.S. auto parts manufacturer American Axle &#38;         Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (‘AXL’) in a US$474m recapitalization         that valued the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assiduity.wordpress.com&blog=665028&post=17&subd=assiduity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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