MELBOURNE, Feb 21 (Reuters) - West Australian Newspapers has agreed to buy Seven Media Group in a deal worth A$4.1 billion, a source familiar with the transaction said on Monday.
West Australian Newspapers will raise around A$650 million to help pay for the acquisition.
WAN announced earlier that it had agreed to buy Seven Media Group from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Kerry Stokes' Seven Group, but has not yet unveiled details of the transaction.
The Age newspaper reported the deal was worth A$4.1 billion and would involve a capital raising of around A$650 million, while the Australian Financial Review had said the capital raising would be around A$1 billion.
JPMorgan and UBS are advising on the deal.
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West Australian Newspapers will raise around A$650 million to help pay for the acquisition.
WAN announced earlier that it had agreed to buy Seven Media Group from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Kerry Stokes' Seven Group, but has not yet unveiled details of the transaction.
The Age newspaper reported the deal was worth A$4.1 billion and would involve a capital raising of around A$650 million, while the Australian Financial Review had said the capital raising would be around A$1 billion.
JPMorgan and UBS are advising on the deal.
(Reporting by Sonali Paul; Editing by Balazs Koranyi) Keywords: WAN/TRANSACTION (Sonali.Paul@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.