LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firms Carlyle (O:CG) and Cinven (CINV.UL) have launched a sale of 5.5 million shares in European cable and telecoms company Altice (AS:ATCE), in an accelerated bookbuild, bookrunner Goldman Sachs (N:GS) said in a statement on Monday.
The placement, representing 2.2 percent of the company's outstanding share capital, will be launched immediately and will be run by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan (N:JPM).
(Reporting By Freya Berry; editing by Clare Hutchison)