ICICI Venture To Sell Ace Refractories Stake For $136 Million

MUMBAI (Dow Jones)--Indian private equity firm ICICI Venture has signed a pactwith France's Imerys S.A. (12085.FR) to sell its 99% stake in Ace RefractoriesLtd. for an enterprise value of $136 million, its financial advisor UBS (UBS)said in a statement Wednesday.

ICICI Venture, a unit of ICICI Bank (532174.BY) bought Ace Refractories from ACC Ltd. (500410.BY) in 2005 through a leveraged buyout, it said.

-By Mumbai Bureau; Dow Jones Newswires; +91-22-22884212; john.kumar@dowjones.com

-Edited by Alpana Sarma

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