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> From: "Sardar" <sar...@spiritone.com> > Date: July 16, 2010 6:39:45 PM PDT > To: "Sardar" <recon1968br...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Carlyle Group Buys Up Vitamin Firm in $3.5 Billion Deal > > Carlyle Group Buys Up Vitamin Firm in $3.5 Billion Deal > a.. > > > Tess Stynes > Dow Jones Newswires > July 15, 2010 > > NBTY Inc. (NTY) agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Carlyle Group in > a deal valued at $3.5 billion in one of the largest transactions to take a > public company private since the credit bubble burst. > > a.. A d v e r t i s e m e n t > b.. Carlyle and Blackstone Group LP (BX), two of the world's largest buyout > firms, had been eyeing the vitamin and nutritional-supplement maker, The Wall > Street Journal reported Wednesday night. > > NBTY was formerly known as Nature's Bounty and sells products under a variety > of brands including Solgar, Rexall and MET-Rx. The company has roughly $450 > million in debt, a figure that will rise in the wake of the buyout. > > NBTY employs 14,000 and had 2009 revenue of $2.6 billion. Roughly 60% of the > company's revenue comes from sales of its products to retailers such as > Wal-Mart Inc. (WMT) and Target Corp. (TGT). NBTY also operates retail stores > in several continents, including about 440 Vitamin World stores in the U.S. > and 537 Holland & Barrett stores in Europe. > > Read full article > > http://www.infowars.com/carlyle-blackstone-groups-buy-up-vitamin-firm-in-3-5-billion-deal/ >
