BDT & MSD Buys Stake in Italy’s IMA from BC Partners (2)

US merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners agreed to buy a stake in Italian machinery maker IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA owned by BC Partners.

BDT & MSD Partners will acquire a minority holding from London-based BC Partners while the Vacchi family remains the majority owner of IMA, the Italian company said in a statement, without disclosing the terms of transaction.

The US firm is buying the entire 45% stake in IMA owned by BC Partners in a deal that values the whole company at between €6.5 billion ($7.2 billion) and €7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. ...