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India-based PC Jeweller is set to raise $38.14m through private placement of compulsorily convertible preference shares, in order to expand its small and franchised stores.

"The purchase consideration for the transaction is $35m."

The placement will be subscribed to by investment trusts and funds, including Fidelity Advisor Series VIII – Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund, Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund, Fidelity Investment Trust – Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Fidelity Investment Trust – Fidelity Total International Equity Fund and Fidelity Investment Trust – Fidelity International Small Cap Fund.

PC Jeweller is a jewellery designer, manufacturer, retailer and exporter with revenues of approximately $1.1bn.

UK-based private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase a 33% stake in a Egyptian consumer electronics and household appliances retailer that will enable improve its supply chain and IT infrastructure.

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Based in Cairo, Egypt, the target company is named B.Tech for Trading and Distribution Company SAE. The purchase consideration for the transaction is $35m.

The stake purchase is also expected to enable DPI launch new products, services and stores.