Carlyle acquires minority stake in Mubadala

08-04-2019 Media in \Abu Dhabi
Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the strategic investment company of the Abu Dhabi government and Carlyle Group, an NASDAQ-listed company, announced today that Carlyle’s investment funds will acquire a minority stake in Cepsa, Fully owned by Mubadala, which is based in the Spanish capital Madrid.
Under the deal – which will be subject to regulatory approvals and expected to be completed by the end of 2019 – Carlyle will acquire a 30-40% stake in Cepsa, the largest private oil and gas operations company in the European continent.
Mubadala has taken a strategy to sell its stake in Cebusa by adopting two basic options: the first by offering a public offering on the Madrid stock market, and the second by seeking a special deal with a potential partner.