Private equity groups TPG and Blackstone have teamed up to work on a joint bid for eyecare company Bausch + Lomb, according to people familiar with the matter.
If it goes through, the deal could be one of the largest private equity buyouts of the year, with Bausch Lomb’s enterprise value including debt totalling $11.5bn as of market close on Friday. Several other private equity funds assessing bids have dropped out of the process.
Bausch + Lomb was put up for sale to resolve an impasse over a separation from its heavily indebted parent company.
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