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Dan Primack
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August 23, 2013, 3:51 PM ET

Vista Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Omnitracks Inc., a provider of commercial vehicle telematics, from Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) for $800 million in cash. Barclays Capital advised Qualcomm on the transaction. www.vistaequitypartners.com

The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire Klenk Holz AG, a German maker of wood products. No financial terms were disclosed. www.carlyle.com

The Carlyle Group
 has completed its sale of Synagro Technologies Inc., a Houston, Texas–based recycler of organic waste, to EQT Partners via a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The deal was valued at approximately $455 million. Carlyle had taken Synagro private in 2007 for $772 million.www.synagro.com

Panasonic Corp. (Tokyo: 6752) next week is expecting final bids of up to $1.5 billion for its healthcare business, according to Reuters. Bidders will include KKR, Toshiba Corp. and a group that includesBain Capital, Mitsui & Co. and Development Bank of Japan. www.panasonic.com

Thoma Bravo has completed its previously-announced $395 million take-private acquisition ofKeynote Systems, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of Internet and mobile cloud monitoring and testing solutions. www.keynote.com

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