Big buyout firms set to raise paddles for $1.5b-plus Pickles
Ritchie Bros has been knocked out of the Pickles sale, leaving buyout houses such as EQT, Warburg Pincus and Pacific Equity Partners to work through the data room ahead of first bids.
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Every published round Pacific Equity Partners took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Pacific Equity Partners has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
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Fund closes reported for Pacific Equity Partners, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Pacific Equity Partners has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Pacific Equity Partners did.
Stories naming Pacific Equity Partners. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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