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• Avenger Flight Group, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based provider of flight simulator training and services to civil aviation clients, has secured an undisclosed amount of growth equity funding from Seacoast Capital and Patriot Capital.www.afgsim.com
• Bain Capital and PAG Asia Capital are considering acquisition offers forTakata Corp., the Japanese auto air-bag manufacturer that already has received takeover interest from KKR, according to Bloomberg.

• The Blackstone Group and The Carlyle Group have bailed on the auction for Canadian drugmaker Concordia Healthcare Corp. (TSX: CXR), sending the company’s stock down by as much as 21% in trading yesterday.
• CST Brands Inc. (NYSE: CST), a San Antonio, Texas-based convenience store chain with a $3.4 billion market cap, has received first-round takeover bids fromSeven & I Holdings (the Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven), Canada’sCouche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD) and a private equity pairing of Apollo Global Management with The Blackstone Group, according to Reuters.
• Distribution International Inc., a Houston, Texas-based distributor and fabricator in the mechanical insulation market, has acquired certain assets of Spokane, Wash.-based Johnson Insulation LLC. No financial terms were disclosed. Distribution International is a portfolio company of Advent International. www.distributioninternational.com
• Equistone has acquired ChartCo Ltd., a London-based provider of digital navigation and voyage compliance services to the marine industry, from ECI Partners at an enterprise value of 55 million. www.chartco.com
• Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a majority equity stake inOEConnection LLC, a Richfield, Ohio-based provider of auto parts technology for OEM distribution networks. No financial terms were disclosed. Existing OEConnection shareholders Ford Motor Co. and General Motors each will retain 15% minority stakes. www.oeconnection.com
• Riverstone Holdings has agreed to acquire Talen Energy (NYSE: TLN), an Allentown, Penn.-based power generation company, in which it already held a 35% stake. Talen was spun off by PPL Corp. (NYSE: PPL) just a year ago, and is being valued by this deal at $5.2 billion (including debt), with Riverstone paying $14 per share (56% premium to March 31 price, after which reports of a possible deal surfaced).
• Sun Capital Partners has completed a dividend recap for portfolio company Spectralink, a Boulder, Colo.-based provider of on-site enterprise wireless communications devices. Financing was provided by The Private Bank & Trust Co., although specific details were not disclosed. Sun Capital acquired Spectralink back in May 2012. www.spectralink.com

• Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Qlik Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: QLIK), a Radnor, Penn.-based provider of business intelligence software, for approximately $3 billion, or $30.50 per share. Other early suitors had included Bain Capital and Permira. Read more.
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