Apollo nears deal to buy RPC Group for over $3.8 billion - WSJ

(Reuters) - Private equity company Apollo Global Management LLC <APO.N> is in advanced talks to buy Europe's biggest plastics packaging maker RPC Group Plc <RPC.L> for more than $3.8 billion(2.95 billion pounds), the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Neither company was immediately available for comment.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Nick Zieminski)