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(Adds detail.) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. confirmed Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Pets At Home from Bridgepoint, highlighting increased activity in the M&A market and among buyout firms that are taking advantage of a thaw in the debt markets to finance leveraged deals.

KKR to Buy Pets at Home, Tapping British Pet Spending (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. agreed to buy U.K. retailer Pets at Home Ltd. from Bridgepoint Capital Ltd. to tap Britons spending on feeding and housing cats, dogs and other domestic animals.