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Warburg Pincus

Debt-Laden Private Buyouts Are Back - Pearson Sells IDC For $3.4 Billion

May 4, 2010 3:38 AM

Pearson (NYSE: PSO) said back in January it wanted to sell Interactive Data Corporation, its financial market data analytics provider. And now it is - for a pretty sum. Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus funds are teaming for a $33.86-a-share acquisition totalling $3.4 billion. If that’s an eyebrow-raiser, well Pearson…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, idc, silver lake, warburg pincus

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