Apax Partners Out Of Auction For Pearson's IDC -Source
March 24 2010 - 3:14PM
Dow Jones News
Apax Partners has dropped out of the auction for Interactive
Data Corp. (IDC), the U.S.-listed financial data provider majority
owned by U.K. publisher Pearson PLC (PSO), a person familiar with
the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday.
Pearson, which also publishes the Financial Times newspaper and
owns a large U.S. educational publishing business, hired Goldman
Sachs (GS) in January to conduct a "preliminary review of strategic
alternatives" for IDC in which it has a 61% stake.
This led to a sales process and the company shortlisted a
handful of bidders earlier this month, people previously told Dow
Jones Newswires.
Remaining bidders include McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHP) which is
bidding alone and joint bids from Bain Capital LLC and Advent
International Corp., and Hellman & Friedman LLC and Silver Lake
Partners, people have said. U.S. buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co. may also remain in the process and may have
teamed up with another private equity firm, one person has
said.
A representative for McGraw Hill declined to comment and a
representative for Goldman Sachs wasn't immediately available to
comment.
-By Marietta Cauchi, Jessica Hodgson and Melissa Korn; Dow Jones
Newswires; 415 439 6455; marietta.cauchi@dowjones.com
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