Candover reportedly tried to find a buyer for itself, but talks fell through.

据说Candover曾试图为自己找到一个买家，但谈判以失败告终。

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In January Candover Partners returned all capital from that fund to investors, which meant it couldn't fund new acquisitions.

今年1月Candover Partners把从该基金获得的资金都归还给了投资者，这意味着它无法为新的收购提供资金。

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They did so under the auspices of the Butrint Foundation, set up in 1993 by two British grandees: Lord Rothschild, a banker whose villa on the shores of Corfu looks across to Butrint, and Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, a supermarket magnate.

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Will Honeybourne, a First Reserve managing director in Houston who helped spearhead the deal--and beat out rival buyout shop Candover--notes that Abbot's rig-building and operating subsidiaries Bentec and KCA Deutag are particularly strong in Russia, West Africa, the Middle East and Libya.

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