BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 14, 1999 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY

The Biggest Leveraged Deals


BUYER            SELLER       TARGET       PRICE/DATE        INDUSTRY


OLIVETTI         Hostile      Telecom      $77.8 billion/    Telecom
                 takeover     Italia       May, 1999



INVESTCORP       AstraZeneca  Zeneca       $2.1 billion/     Chemicals
CINVEN                        Specialties   April, 1999



KOHLBERG         Willis       Willis       $1.4 billion/     Insurance
KRAVIS ROBERTS   Corroon      Corroon      August, 1998



ALLIANZ CAPITAL  German       Tank & Rast  $1.1 billion/     Service
PARTNERS,        government                November,         stations
APAX                                       1998





DATA: MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER, J.P. MORGAN & CO.


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