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Carlyle buys stake in Saudi firm
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 30 - 03 - 2010

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group on Monday said it had acquired a 30 percent stake in Saudi Arabia's General Lighting Company, the Kingdom's largest lighting fixture manufacturer.
Carlyle signed the deal on Monday, it said in an emailed statement.
Carlyle is the first and only global private equity firm to have a fund dedicated purely to the MENA region. This investment in GLC is the fund's second in three months following the investment in Medical Park, Turkey's second largest healthcare group, in December 2009 and its first in the GCC.
Abdullah Al-Hobayb, chairman and co-owner of GLC, said “we are exceptionally proud of GLC's achievements to date and believe Carlyle's institutional support will facilitate our plans for expansion and further enhance the world class products and services we provide.”
GLC manufactures a broad range of indoor, outdoor, and industrial lighting products. In addition GLC represents leading international lighting brands, and provides complete lighting solutions to its clients. GLC is a leader in the lighting industry in the Middle East supplying products to institutions in the private as well as the public sectors.
Walid Musallam, Carlyle managing director and head of Carlyle MENA, said “GLC is the uncontested, leading lighting provider in the Middle East whose market position and strong brands have been built on decades of performance and positive working relationships. We are delighted to have made our first investment in Saudi Arabia and second in the MENA region in just three months. We look forward to supporting GLC in achieving its expansion ambitions.”
The GCC region, holding the world's fifth largest GDP, has seen increased economic development in recent years and continues to have strong growth projections. By making targeted and strategic investments into regional companies, Carlyle has demonstrated its commitment to investing in the growth and development of this dynamic and vital part of the global economy.
In addition to injecting capital, Carlyle is also able to local provide local and regional companies with years of experience and access to the resources of a globally diversified private equity firm not previously available to them.
Firas Nasir, managing director responsible for GCC investments within Carlyle MENA Partners, said “we look forward to applying Carlyle's post-transaction expertise to help create value at GLC. Having completed over 900 international investments in the past 22 years, Carlyle can be an effective partner for family groups within the Kingdom and throughout the Gulf.”
From offices in Cairo, Dubai and Istanbul, Carlyle targets investments in Turkey, North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia), the Gulf Cooperation Council and Levant (Lebanon and Jordan).


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