Carlyle opts for $360m trade sale over IPO for Empi

The Carlyle Group, the US private equity firm, has scrapped plans to float Empi, the US medical equipment provider, in favour of a $360m (€294m) trade sale to Encore Medical.

Encore Medical, which makes artificial knees and hips, has agreed to pay $325m in cash and 8 million worth of shares for Empi. The deal is expected to close by October.

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