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Terra Firma and CPPIB net more than $7.5bn with aircraft lease exit

The sale comes more than 10 years after the two investors bought the company

Terra Firma and CPPIB net more than $7.5bn with aircraft lease exit

Terra Firma Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have agreed to sell Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, a Dublin-based aircraft leasing company, to a Dubai-based rival for more than $7.5 billion, Private Equity News reports.

The sale brings to an end over a decade of ownership for the UK buyout firm and the Canadian pension behemoth, which bought the company in 2006 for €5.68 billion, according to Terra Firma's website, before merging it with Pegasis, a competitor, in 2007.

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