Alcatel-Lucent to sell Dunkermotoren to Triton

Posted on: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:06:00 EST


Symbols: ALU
Nov 24, 2009 (Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker via COMTEX) --
ALU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Alcatel-Lucent has agreed to sell its German electrical fractional horsepower motors and drives manufacturing business Dunkermotoren GmbH to European private equity firm Triton for EUR145 million in cash.

Alcatel-Lucent is a France-based provider of telecom solutions to service providers, enterprises and governments.

The transaction is expected to close by December 31, 2009.

Deal Value (US$ Million) 215.59
Deal Type Private Equity
Sub-Category Institutional Buy-out (IBO)
Deal Status Announced: 2009-11-23

Deal Participants

Target (Company) Dunkermotoren GmbH
Vendor (Company) Alcatel-Lucent

Deal Rationale

The sale will allow Alcatel-Lucent to focus on its core operations.

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