Avantor (AVTR) announced that it has closed the divestiture of its clinical services business to Audax Private Equity in a transaction valued at approximately $650M. Avantor expects the transaction to result in approximately $500M in after-tax cash proceeds and a reduction of approximately $50M in capitalized leases. After-tax proceeds will be used to paydown debt.
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