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Barnes & Noble College Booksellers to Barnes & Noble, Inc.

General RetailSpecialty/Aug 2009
EV / LTM EBITDA
5.2x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
-
Primary Source
Evercore

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to August 2009. 7 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Apr 2008CSK AutoO'Reilly Automotive$1.0B-8.8xStrategic
Mar 2007Claire's Stores, Inc.Apollo Management, L.P.--8.9xFinancial
Mar 2007Dollar General CorporationKKR & Co. L.P.--11.1xFinancial
Feb 2007General Nutrition Centers, Inc.Ares Management LLC & Ontario Teachers' Private Capital--10.1xFinancial
Oct 2006Yankee Candle Investments LLCMadison Dearborn Partners LLC--10.0xFinancial
Dec 2005Murray'sCSK Auto$170M-8.5xStrategic
Apr 2005Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp.GameStop Corp.--10.7xStrategic
Mean-9.7x
Median-10.0x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionBKS FOEvercore2019--5.2x--Open