Thursday, April 19, 2007

Sallie deal sets precedent for financial firm LBOs

(Reuters) - Well, Sallie Mae's agreement to a $25 billion takeover by a group of private equity firms and banks set a precedent for such a transaction this week, and experts say similar deals will now follow.

The student loan company's deal has shown that the debt implications of a leveraged buyout need not, as many thought, preclude an LBO of a financial company.


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