KKR and Permira land ProSieben stake at discount

Private equity investors Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Permira have agreed to buy out the final private shareholder in German television broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 at a 25% discount to an offer they made at the start of this year.

Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate founded by the eponymous former journalist, has agreed to sell its 12% stake in ProSieben to KKR and Permira for €509.4m ($747m), according to a statement from the company.

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