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FRANKFURT, March 17 (Reuters) - Financial investor Pamplona is considering selling or listing TMD Friction [TMFRB.UL], which makes brake disks and clutches, two bankers familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Pamplona has started talks with bankers about a sale that could fetch up to 600 million euros ($840 million), the bankers said.
In parallel, the private equity company is mulling a stock market listing towards the end of 2011 at the earliest, the bankers said.
TMD Chief Executive Derek Whitworth told Reuters he was unaware of concrete plans for a listing or sale, adding that Pamplona was not in a hurry.
Operationally, TMD would be ready for a listing, but this depends on market conditions, Whitworth said.
A sale to another private equity house is seen as unlikely.
"If a trade buyer came along, a transaction could come quickly," Whitworth said. (Re