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Cinven sells Host Europe Group to US web hosting service GoDaddy for €1.69bn

Cinven acquired the group in 2013 for £438m and made four bolt-ons during its ownership, including Telefónica Online Services, Domainfactory and Paragon. HEG serves more than 1.7 million customers within Europe and the deal represents 11x EBITDA.

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