FTSE 100 firm agrees £5.7bn takeover in latest private equity swoop

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FTSE 100 energy group DCC has agreed to a £5.75bn takeover by a group of private equity firms in another blow to the London Stock Exchange after a flurry of takeovers this year.

US private equity firm KKR and Energy Capital Partners, a subsidiary of London-listed Bridgepoint, said this morning they would pay a total https://www.cityam.com/ftse-100-firm-agrees-5-7bn-takeover-in-latest-private-equity-swoop/">[...]