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E u r o p e a n E x i t Tr e n d s
The exit market improved in 2017, going up to
1,023 company sales, a good 4.1% uplift year
on year. However, on a value basis, exits leapt
by 18.4% to €165bn. This was largely the result
of a spike in Q2, a period in which six of the top
ten largest exits of the year were made,
including the three largest disposals of 2017.
These included Blackstone’s sale of UK
logistics company Logicor to China Investment
Corporation for €12.25bn; the €6.9bn exit of
AWAS, a Dublin- based aircraft lessor,
alongside its co-investor the Canada Pension
Plan Investment Board to Dubai Aerospace
Enterprise; and NB Private Equity Partners’
offloading of pharmaceutical developer
Patheon to Thermo Fisher for €6.5bn.
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SOURCE: PWC PRIVATE EQUITY TREND REPORT 2018