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		<description><![CDATA[In Feb-04 affiliates of Bain Capital L.L.C. (&#8216;Bain&#8217;) acquired the German chemical distributor Brenntag GmbH (&#8216;Brenntag&#8217; or &#8216;the company&#8217;) from Deutsche Bahn (&#8216;DB&#8217;) for approximately €1,206m (€504m in cash and €702m in debt assumed, excluding direct acquisition costs). This implied the following multiples for the year ended 31-Dec-03: 28% of sales (€4.33bn, 4.0x net tangible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assiduity.wordpress.com&blog=665028&post=31&subd=assiduity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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