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First Reserve Corporation to Acquire CHC Helicopter (FLI) for Canadian $3.7 Billion

February 22, 2008 9:57 AM EST
CHC Helicopter Corporation (NYSE: FLI), the world's largest provider of helicopter services to the global offshore oil and gas industry, and First Reserve Corporation, the leading private equity firm that specializes in the energy industry, today announced that a fund managed by First Reserve has entered into an agreement to acquire CHC.

CHC and First Reserve believe that the all-cash transaction, which values the company at an adjusted enterprise value of Canadian $3.7 billion, is the largest-ever buyout in the oilfield services industry.

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