Carlyle shares €225m Avio dividend

The Carlyle Group has received a dividend equal to half of its equity investment in Avio, the Italian aerospace group, following a €375m ($488m) recapitalisation.

Carlyle, which enjoys a strong reputation in the aerospace sector, acquired Avio from Fiat in September 2003 in a €1.5bn leveraged buy-out alongside Finmeccanica, an Italian investment group.

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