Carlyle gets teeth into IDH buy-out with £354.5m of loans

Private equity firm Carlyle’s buy-out of Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) is to be financed by £354.5m of loans underwritten by Bank of Ireland, ING, Lloyds and Société Générale. Carlyle will simultaneously merge IDH with Associated Dental Practices (ADP), in partnership with Palamon Capital Partners.