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PPD shareholders approve merger with The Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman

Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:06 AM

PPD has reported that its shareholders have voted to approve the adoption of the agreement and plan of merger, providing for the merger of the company with an entity controlled by affiliates of The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman.

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Carlyle Partners, Hellman & Friedman to acquire PPD for $3.9 billion, take the CRO private

Monday, October 10, 2011 08:02 AM

It’s official: Large equity investors Carlyle Partners and Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners are buying publicly traded PPD, taking the CRO private.

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The Carlyle Group, Hellman & Friedman to acquire PPD

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 10:42 AM

Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which it will be acquired by affiliates of The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.9 billion, after which PPD will be a private company.

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PPD names CEO, puts acquisition rumors in question

Monday, September 26, 2011 08:02 AM

PPD has named a new CEO, a move that strikes some in the industry as a little strange in the face of rumors that the publicly traded CRO is close to selling itself to a private equity firm.

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PPD rumored to be in exclusive acquisition talks with D.C.-based private equity firm the Carlyle Group

Monday, August 22, 2011 08:02 AM

While many in the upper echelon of private equity investors have been courting CRO PPD, for now all but one have been shooed away: Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group.

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Carlyle Group said to be in talks to buy PPD

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:59 PM

Carlyle Group is in exclusive talks to buy Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) a clinical research company, said five people with knowledge of the discussions, according to Bloomberg.

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