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Friday, January 7, 2011

Carlyle to sell $1.8 bln stake in China Pacific-sources

Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] is selling 415 million more shares in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd (2601.HK), at a discount of 0-0.5 percent of the last traded price, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The stake is valued at about $1.8 billion. Carlyle off loaded $860 million worth of the insurance company's shares on Dec. 30. Carlyle declined to comment. The company could not immediately be reached. (Reporting by Denny Thomas and Daniel Stanton; Editing by Michael Flaherty

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