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PE player CVC has a sweet tooth for Arnott’s Asian arm

CVC Capital Partners’ dealmakers are busy sampling The Arnott’s Group’s range of soups and sauces as the KKR-owned business pushes ahead with the auction for its Asian arm.

Street Talk understands sell-side adviser UBS formally began reaching out to interested parties in April and has reeled in a big fish in Richard Blackburn-run CVC.

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com

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