Thursday, June 7, 2007

Mediaset, Goldman Sachs Get Loan to Buy `Big Brother' Producer Endemol

(Bloomberg) -- Mediaset SpA and its partners buying
Endemol NV, the Dutch television producer of ``Big Brother'' and
``Deal or No Deal,'' lined up 2.5 billion euros ($3.4 billion) of
loans to finance the acquisition, bankers for the group said.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is leading six lenders arranging
the loans, said bankers involved in the deal, who declined to be
identified because the information isn't public. Goldman Sachs,
Dutch billionaire John De Mol and Milan-based Mediaset,
controlled by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,
are buying a 75 percent stake in Endemol.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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