HONG KONG, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP CG.O launched on Tuesday the sale of a stake in Australian diversified logistics company Qube Holdings Ltd QUB.AX worth $264 million, IFR reported citing a term sheet of the transaction.
Carlyle, through its Carlyle Infrastructure Partners fund, is offering 137.4 million shares of Qube at a price of A$2.55 each, putting the total deal at about A$350 million ($264 million), added IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication. The offering price is unchanged from Tuesday's close.
Carlyle and Qube did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the deal. ($1 = 1.3242 Australian dollars)