Oct 2 (Reuters) - BWAY Parent Co Inc , which supplies metal and plastic containers to the packaging industry, said it will be acquired by an affiliate of Platinum Equity for about $1.24 billion.
BWAY Parent, which operates through its subsidiary BWAY Corp, said Platinum Equity would acquire it from funds managed by Madison Dearborn Partners .
Platinum Equity, which specializes in buying distressed assets, will finance the deal through a combination of debt and equity.
Senior executives of the company and a number of other employees will invest in the transaction alongside Platinum, BWAY Parent said.
Atlanta-based BWAY has annual sales exceeding $1 billion, according to information on BWAY Corp's website.
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Goldman Sachs & Co, Barclays and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc acted as financial advisers to BWAY Parent.
(Reporting by Avik Das in Bangalore; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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