From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:13:35 -0500

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MDWCEJ0D9L3501-4VEL9G9DFEFP5RSDBVQVO1CTIN

"Springer Science & Business Media, the German academic publisher
being sold, has attracted interest from companies such as Bertelsmann
SE and buyout firms including KKR & Co., Carlyle Group and Providence
Equity Partners, people familiar with the transaction said.

"Bertelsmann, Europe’s largest media company, may team up with a
private-equity fund like KKR or a sovereign wealth fund, two of the
people said, asking not to be identified because talks are private.
Carlyle may work together with another buyout firm like Providence,
which is also looking at the asset, the people said. The asset may be
worth between 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) and 4 billion euros, two
of the people said."

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