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Burger King has been considering sale: source


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Burger King Holdings Inc , the No. 2 U.S. hamburger chain, has been considering a possible sale and has held talks with potential buyers, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

    The source said one potentially interested party was 3i Group Plc .

    Burger King and 3i were not available to comment.

    Burger King, which has a market capitalization of about $2.3 billion, has been public since May 2006.

    It had previously been own by private equity, which still holds a stake in the company. TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs had owned Burger King after buying it from British drinks company Diageo in 2002 for about $1.5 billion.

    The Wall Street Journal reported Burger King has been in talks with private equity firms in recent weeks about a possible sale.

    (Editing by Dan Lalor)