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		<description><![CDATA[In Aug-02 The Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson &#38; Stowe agreed to acquire Qwest Communication International’s directory publishing business: Qwest Dex for a total amount of US$7.05bn (excluding fees and expenses). This implied a multiple of 451% of restated 2001 revenues (US$1,53bn), 7.1 times restated 2001 EBITDA (US$993m, 65% margin!), 7.3 times restated EBITA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assiduity.wordpress.com&blog=665028&post=45&subd=assiduity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 28-Jan-03 Dutchtone Group N.V. (86% owned by France Telecom S.A.) transferred all of the shares in the capital of Dutch cable TV operator N.V. Casema (‘Casema’) to a consortium of Carlyle Group (46%), Providence Equity Partners (46%) and GMT Communications Partners (8%) in exchange for the repayment and termination of a €665m credit facility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assiduity.wordpress.com&blog=665028&post=35&subd=assiduity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bresnan Communications</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Feb-99 The Blackstone Group (‘Blackstone’) acquired a 39.8% interest in U.S. cable television operator Bresnan Communications Group L.L.C (‘Bresnan’) – in relation to Bresnan’s acquisition of certain cable networks from Tele-Communications, Inc. (‘TCI’) &#8211; for US$136.5m valuing the equity at approximately US$343m. Including US$855m in total indebtedness upon completion of the transaction the enterprise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assiduity.wordpress.com&blog=665028&post=32&subd=assiduity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BertelsmannSpringer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sep-03 affiliates of Candover Partners and Cinven acquired all of the shares of specialist-publishing group BertelsmannSpringer (&#8216;BS&#8217;) from Bertelsmann AG through KAP Global BV (the holding company of Kluwer Academic Publishers (&#8216;KAP&#8217;) acquired in Oct-02). The purchase price, free of debt, amounted to €1,05bn. Pension liabilities remained with Bertelsmann Springer.
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