NBTY shareholders approve sale
Vitamin maker NBTY Inc. said Wednesday its stockholders approved its previously announced sale to The Carlyle Group. The $3.8 billion cash acquisition is one of the largest private equity deals so far...
View ArticleGymboree agrees to $1.8B buyout
Children’s clothing retailer Gymboree Corp. has agreed to be bought by asset management firm Bain Capital for $1.8 billion in what would be the sixth-largest private equity deal of the year. Gymboree...
View ArticleNBTY names GE exec new CEO
Two months after The Carlyle Group acquired NBTY for about $4 billion, the firm has named a former General Electric Co. executive at the CEO of the Ronkonkoma-based firm. In a written statement, NBTY...
View ArticleDunkin’ Donuts parent co. files for IPO
The parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins says it plans to go public through an initial public offering worth an estimated $400 million, confirming weeks of Wall Street speculation....
View ArticlePrivate equity firm Carlyle files for $100M IPO
Carlyle Group is planning to raise $100 million through an initial public offering. The private equity firm is going public even as fears about the global economy have punished stock markets. Many...
View ArticleInsider trading alleged in NBTY takeover
RONKONKOMA – A Chicago-based management consultant was charged with insider trading Thursday for profiting from confidential information on his client’s impending takeover of Long Island’s largest...
View ArticlePartners Group CEO to Carlyle: keep IPO simple
The chief executive of Partners Group Holding AG, a publicly listed private equity manager with $32.6 billion in assets, said the founders of Carlyle Group LP should be simple and conservative in the...
View ArticleCarlyle Group IPO values company at $7.61 billion
Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP said it is looking to raise between $701.5 million to $762.5 million in its initial public offering, valuing the company at as much as $7.61 billion, as it presses...
View ArticleLawsuit says buyout firms colluded on deals
A complaint released Wednesday by a federal district court in Boston details exchanges between executives at Blackstone Group LP, Carlyle Group LP and other private equity giants.
View ArticleFormer NBTY director, family settle insider trading dispute
Glenn Cohen, a former board member for NBTY, allegedly informed his three brothers and a brother’s girlfriend that NBTY was on the verge of being acquired by the Carlyle Group back in 2010.
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