Kinder Morgan Readying To Go Public
(Reuters) – Pipeline company Kinder Morgan Inc, which was taken private in a $14.6 billion management buyout in 2007, is preparing for an initial public offering, according to a source familiar with...
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IPOs Looking Up
When it comes to global IPO activity, 2011 has seen the liveliest start to a year on record. So far this year, companies have raised $24 billion, up 20% from year-ago levels, according to Thomson...
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Debt Men Tell No Lies: Largest LBOs Remain On Shaky Ground
Recent IPO filings by the likes of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and HCA Inc. may lead some to conclude that mega-buyouts circa 2005-2007, once at grave risk from the recession, are finally in the...
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Kinder Morgan to Buy El Paso for $21 Billion in Big Bet on Natural Gas Market
Richard Kinder. Photo by Richard Carson, Reuters. (Reuters) – Kinder Morgan Inc. struck a $21 billion deal to buy rival El Paso Corp., combining the two largest natural gas pipeline operators in North...
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Slideshow: Add-Ons Boost PE-Backed M&A. Here’s The Top 5 Deals, Including...
Market volatility may have slowed down M&A, but there still are some bright spots. So far in 2011 there have been 503 U.S. announced mergers that are private equity backed. These deals are valued...
View ArticleApollo Global-led Group Inks $7.15 Bln Deal for El Paso Production Business
A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management has agreed to buy El Paso Corp.’s oil and gas exploration and production assets for about $7.15 billion. The deal is subject to the completion of...
View ArticleKinder Morgan to Buy 50% Stake Held by KKR in Altamont JV
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy 50% in a joint venture that owns the Altamont gathering, processing and treating assets, as well as the Camino Real Gathering...
View ArticleGoldman, Carlyle and Riverstone Cash Out Some Kinder Morgan Holdings
Goldman Sachs, The Carlyle Group, and Riverstone Holdings will sell 63 million of their common shares of publicly Houston-based Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy companies in North America. The...
View ArticleBiomet’s $13.4 bln sale to Zimmer was year’s biggest U.S. PE deal
It was a good year for private equity M&A with volume increasing in the U.S., according to data from Dealogic. This year saw 1,161 U.S. announced PE deals valued at about $267.3 billion as of Dec....
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