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Israeli Private Equity Firm To Acquire Majority Stake In IAI Satellite Business

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, November 10th, 2017

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Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) on Nov. 6 said that it has agreed to have the private equity firm FIMIinvest $40 million in its satellite imagery services business, ImageSat International (ISI), in exchange for 54 percent stake in the business.Terms of the deal include ISI buying the new EROS C observation satellite from IAI, and for ISI to pay IAI $35 million on the transaction closing date to cover part of the outstanding shareholders' loan.FIMI is the largest private equity fund in Israel.…

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