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Charming Shoppes, Inc. to Ascena Retail Group

General RetailSpecialty/May 2012
EV / LTM EBITDA
9.9x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$800M
Primary Source
Goldman Sachs

Comparable Transactions

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May 2012Cost Plus Inc.Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.$700M-12.7xStrategic
Feb 2012Pep BoysThe Gores Group$1.0B-6.1xStrategic
Oct 201199 Cents Only StoresAres Management, Ares Management LLC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board--9.0xFinancial
Dec 2010Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.Leonard Green, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.$1.5B-7.3xFinancial
Nov 2010J.Crew Group, Inc.Leonard Green, TPG$2.7B-8.6xFinancial
Feb 2010Duane Reade, Inc.Walgreen Company$1.1B-11.4xStrategic
Aug 2009Barnes & Noble College BooksellersBarnes & Noble, Inc.--5.2xStrategic
Apr 2008CSK AutoO'Reilly Automotive$1.0B-8.8xStrategic
Mean-8.6x
Median-8.7x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionHSN FOGoldman Sachs2017$800M-9.9x-https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434729/000110465917063169/a17-17148_8ex99dc17.htm#Exhibitc17CONFIDENTIALBoardofDir_125353Open
-fairness opinionSPLS FOMorgan Stanley2017--9.8x--Open
-fairness opinionSPLS FOBarclays2017--9.8x--Open
-fairness opinionZLC FOBofA2014--9.8x-https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109156/000095015714000460/defa14a.htmOpen
-fairness opinionSPLS FOBarclays---9.8x--Open