Largest private equity M&A deals so far in 2013

Warburg Pincus announced Sunday it is selling eye care company Bausch & Lomb to Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $8.7 billion. The price tag makes it the fourth-largest private equity M&A deal announced so far in 2013. 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway's deal to buy H.J. Heinz for $27.4 billion is the largest private equity deal of the year, followed by Silver Lake and Michael Dell's offer to take Dell private.

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