After a protracted sale process, which began in early 2010, Affinity Equity Partners sold its 54.7% interest in Jaya Holdings for SGD 202.6 million ($158 million) with the intervention of Credit Suisse as sell side advisor. Purchased at the height of the credit boom in 2006, Affinity had acquired its stake in Jaya, which builds and operates offshore supply vessels, through a vehicle called Nautical Offshore Services, a private equity fund. As a result of the economic turndown in 2008 Jaya was unable to service the $233 million loan used to acquire the shares making the exit necessary.
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