Rhone Capital, L.L.C. entered into an agreement to acquire Zodiac Pool Solutions SAS from The Carlyle Group LP (NasdaqGS:CG) on October 25, 2016. The financing was provided by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse. The deal, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close promptly. Julie Wright of (W)right On Communications acted as the public relation advisor in the transaction. Richard A. Pollack, Olivier de Vilmorin, F. Walton Dumas, Nicolas Karmin, S. Neal McKnight, Christopher J. Howard, Daniel R. Loeser, Michael David Williams, S. Eric Wang, Nicolas de Boynes, Michael Orchowski, Marie-Aim?e Delaisi, Juan Rodriguez, Patrick Gorman, Matthew M. Friestedt, Jeannette E. Braun, Kristen B. Klein, Nader A. Mousavi and Joshua Z. Steinberger of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP acted as legal advisors to Rhone Capital. Tim Polglase, Stephen Lloyd, Romy Richter, Neil Sinha, Eric Shube, Michael Maier,Tina Barazandeh-Nejad,Audrey Aboukrat, Steven Baldwin, Maria Christopher Bell, Asma Bendjaballah, Livio Bossotto, Laura Campbell, Claudio Chiarella, Silvia Corbella, Antoine Coursaut-Durand, Catherine Dawson, Guillaume De Meersman, Marianne Delassauss?, Caroline Erol, Goran Galic, Stefanie G?nther, Jenny Guo, Adam Haberkorn, Emma Hegarty, Christian Hilmes, Brian Jebb, JuMyoung Kim, Marion Klepzig, Christian Lismann, Keren Livneh, Michael Maier, Ruairi McAuley, Rebecca McGee-Collett, Natalie Montano, Juliette Neiman, Anne-Caroline Payelle, Olivier Picquerey, Kenneth Rivlin, Martin R?tzel, Lucia Sainz, Leah Sauter, Laura Scanlan, Jeremy Schonfeld, Shira Selengut, Katerina Seow, Erin Sisson, Mark Sorensen, Camilla Spira, Alex Woolgar and Paul Zurek of Allen & Overy LLP acted as legal advisors to The Carlyle Group. The South Africa Competition Council has approved the deal. Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. acted as financial advisor for The Carlyle Group. Morgan Stanley acted as financial advisor to Rhone Capital, L.L.C. Jonathan DeSantis, Pat Flanagan, Maura O?Sullivan and Robert Treuhold of Shearman & Sterling acted as legal advisors for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse in financing aspect. Rhone Capital, L.L.C. completed the acquisition of Zodiac Pool Solutions SAS from The Carlyle Group LP (NasdaqGS:CG) on January 18, 2017.