Dr Martens

The British boot brand is considering an initial public offering (IPO) in London as its private equity owners look to sell down their stake.

The IPO would consist of a sale of shares held by buyout firm Permira and some other existing shareholders, the company said yesterday.

Permira bought Dr Martens, known for its yellow stitching and a youth culture staple, for €380 million in 2014. Since taking control, Permira has increased the firm's global presence, reporting an average 20 per cent to 30 per cent revenue growth in recent years.

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China Everbright

The company's indirect wholly owned subsidiary has won a public bid for the purchase of a 65 per cent equity interest in water treatment firm Tianjin Binhai New Area Huantang Sewage Treatment. The consideration for the purchase is 666.3 million yuan (S$136.8 million).

Tianjin Binhai New Area Huantang Sewage Treatment is a wholly state-owned enterprise. The projects it owns have an aggregate daily water treatment capacity of 220,000 tonnes.

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Keppel Corporation

The company said offshore vessel player Floatel has reached an agreement with lenders of its revolving credit facilities and bank vessel facility to deliver a full discharge of security over the assets owned by some of the Floatel group entities. The agreement is conditional upon securing and satisfying all conditions precedent to a new revolving credit facility, to be drawn in part to fund a settlement payment of US$46 million (S$61 million) to the lenders.

The agreement is expected to be completed next month.

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