Advent Intl agree to buy UK engineer Cobham for $5 bln <!-- no image --> <div>U.S. private equity group Advent Internaional has agreed to buy defence and aerospace group Cobham for 4 billion pounds ($4.99 billion), the British company said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=nmmnCv67HRk:8mwpD8fXq08:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=nmmnCv67HRk:8mwpD8fXq08:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=nmmnCv67HRk:8mwpD8fXq08:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=nmmnCv67HRk:8mwpD8fXq08:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=nmmnCv67HRk:8mwpD8fXq08:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/nmmnCv67HRk" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters