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Private equity firm EQT hit with legal action after backing out of deal

Asia Pacific Village Group, owned by the EQT Infrastructure IV fund, agreed to acquire Metlifecare in December

Retirement community manager Metlifecare said it has taken legal action against a division of private equity firm EQT, which decided to pull out of a deal to acquire the company for 1.49bn New Zealand dollars (€823m).

The listed company said it filed a statement of claim in the High Court of New Zealand in order to enforce the Scheme Implementation Agreement entered into between the two parties.

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