GE to Buy Converteam for $3.2B
ATLANTA (
) --
General Electric
(GE) - Get Report
agreed to acquire 90% of
Converteam
, a provider of electrification and automation equipment and systems, for about $3.2 billion.
GE is buying the business from a controlling shareholder group that includes management, Barclays Private Equity and LBO France.
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter, GE said in a statement Tuesday.
Converteam's senior management will retain a stake of about 10% in the company. GE reached an agreement to buy the rest of Converteam over the next two to five years at a price GE expects should be no greater than about $480 million.
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