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Informa Confirms Tentative Bid From 3 PE Players; Values Company At $6.8 Billion

Jul 1, 2008 9:26 PM

Informa, the UK-based B2B giant which recently broke merger talked with United Business Media (LSE: UBM), has confirmed that it received a tentative big approach from a private equity consortium which would value the business at about $6.8 billion, including debt. The bid is a joint one from Providence Equity…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, carlyle group, hellman & friedman, informa, providence equity partners

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