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Feb 21 (Reuters) - Canada's ECN Capital Corp ECN.TO said on Tuesday it would sell its U.S. commercial and vendor finance business to PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) PNC.N for about $1.25 billion in cash.
ECN Capital, which was spun out of Element Financial Corp last year, said the deal includes assets worth about $1.08 billion. Pennsylvania-based PNC expects the deal to modestly add to its earnings this year. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter. $220 million deal with Infor, a special purpose acquisition company, fell apart last year due to opposition from Infor shareholders.
Citigroup (NYSE:C) Global Markets Inc was the financial adviser to PNC and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz its legal adviser.
Macquarie Capital was ECN Capital's lead financial adviser, while Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and BMO Capital Markets assisted it.