U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine shops obtained $52.2 billion in capital commitments to date 2009, while year-to-date deal volume inched up to about $22.64 billion.
It was a light week in terms of fund-raising news. On the deals front, there were more transactions during the most recent period compared to the prior week, but the disclosed valuation was much less.
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Thomson Reuters (publisher of PE Week) tracked 10 leveraged buyouts from Oct. 14 to Oct. 20. Four of the deals had disclosed financial terms that combined for $506.9 million.
The largest transaction was by Symphony Technology Group and Elliott Management Corp., which purchased MSC Software Corp., a Santa Ana, Calif.-based simulation software developer, for $234.1 million. The transaction is part of the software company’s transition to a privately held concern.
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