Private equity firms to buy Sabre
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Two private equity firms will buy Sabre Holdings Corp. , owner of the Travelocity hotel and flight-booking Web site, for $4.45 billion as they look to profit from a boom in travel services.
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Private-equity firms have in recent days been moving into prime position to buy orthopedics maker Biomet Inc. , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Project management firm John Laing says it has accepted a Â£887m bid from a private equity firm.
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Ceridian Corp. , under pressure from an activist hedge fund, agreed to be bought by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners  and insurance company Fidelity National Financial Inc.  for $5.3 billion, the business services company said on Wednesday.
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The strong appetite by private equity  firms for technology deals shows buyouts in that sector are  only going to continue -- with the focus on semiconductors and  software.
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(InfoWorld) - Network equipment manufacturer Avaya Inc. late Monday agreed to a $8.2 billion cash buyout by private equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners, the companies announced. This latest acquisition continues a recent trend of networking and telecommunications firms being bought by private equity firms. In late May, TPG and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private equity arm bought mobile service provider Alltel Corp. for $27.5 billion. Bell Canada Ltd. remains a takeover target of a potential bid by Cerberus Capital Management LP. The Basking Ridge, New Jersey company's board of directors have accepted a $17.50 per share offer, which must still be approved by Avaya shareholders. The offer places a premium of around 28 percent on the firm's value over Avaya's May 25 closing price of $13.67, the last day beforeÂ rumors begun to circulateÂ that the company would likely be acquired. The deal is expected to close in the fall of this year, the companies said. The agreement allows Avaya to actively encourage bids for the company from other third parties over the next 50 days. Avaya's relatively high cash flow and low debt made it a target to go private. Along with TPG and Silver Lake, Nortel Networks Corp. was also pursuing the former AT&T telecom equipment maker. Â
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By DAVID KOENIG  DALLAS - Sabre Holdings Corp., parent of the online travel-booking service Travelocity.com and a leading distributor of airline reservations, said Tuesday it is being acquired by private-equity groups for about $4.5 billion.
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Private equity firms have  demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make  significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding,  investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag  assets that once were out of their grasp.
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Chipmaker Freescale agrees to be bought by a private equity group in one of the biggest-ever technology deals.
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AirTran Holdings Inc.  said on Wednesday it had offered to buy rival Midwest Air Group Inc. .
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Dennis Publishing was acquired for an undisclosed price by the private equity fund, Quadrangle Capital Partners II.
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Several firms are interested in buying all or a small stake in Fidelity National Financial as financial services companies lure cash-rich private equity firms.
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(InfoWorld) - Avaya may become the next major technology firm purchased by private equity, a report Tuesday indicated. The Basking Ridge, New Jersey telecommunications gear maker's relatively high cash flow and low debt have made it a target of private equity firm Silver Lake and rival networking company Nortel Networks, the Wall Street Journal said Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. The company, which has a market capitalization of $6.18 billion, may be open to a partial or complete buyout, the report said. Along with a healthy balance sheet, the company also has a wealth of patents, some leftover from its days as the telecom equipment arm of AT&T.
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IBM yesterday announced plans to buy Consul Risk Management, a compliance and security software company with the bulk of its developers in Herndon -- the third local software firm bought in IBM's recent buying binge.
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Sabre Holdings Corp. , owner of the Travelocity Web site, on Thursday said it agreed to buy privately held SynXis Corp., a provider of reservation management services to hotels, for &#36;40 million.
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Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP, a London-based buyout firm, agreed to buy UK vacation and insurance company Saga Ltd. for 1.35 billion pounds ($2.
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Two private equity consortiums are   bidding to buy chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   for about $16 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on   Monday.