Hertz was bought from Ford Motor in December 2005 by a consortium of private equity firms.

VNU, which up until last year was a public company, is controlled by a consortium of private equity firms led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company.

In June 2006, a deal to sell the company to a consortium of private equity firms was announced.

Alltel, the wireless phone company, agreed last night to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for $27.5 billion, marking the largest buyout ever in the telecommunications industry.

Before going public on the NYSE in 2005, Suntech was funded by a consortium of private equity firms, including Actis Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Once the full commission approves it, as expected, Univision will be able to complete its $12 billion sale to a consortium of private equity firms.

In a September 2007 club deal the company was acquired by a consortium of private equity firms and ceased trading on NASDAQ.

At the same time, the state's stake in the company, which oversees a consortium of equity firms owned by minority and female executives, rose to about $1 billion from $200 million, news releases say.

The search was tabled in March, when VNU was acquired by a consortium of private equity firms.

Sabre Holdings, the travel reservation company, is in advanced talks to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for more than $4 billion, according to people involved in the negotiations.