CVC drops Bodycote pursuit, clears path for Veritas' $2.5 billion takeover ↧ ↧ CVC drops Bodycote pursuit, clears path for Veritas' $2.5 billion t... Private equity firm CVC Advisers said on Monday it does not plan ​to make an offer for ‌Bodycote , abandoning its pursuit of the British thermal processing services group.