Deal Detail

Claire's Stores, Inc. to Apollo Management, L.P.

EV / LTM EBITDA

8.9x

EV / LTM Sales

Enterprise Value

Primary Source

BofA

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to March 2007. 5 with a disclosed multiple.

Date	Target	Acquiror	Enterprise Value	EV/Sales	EV/EBITDA	Type
Mar 2007	Dollar General Corporation	KKR & Co. L.P.	-	-	11.1x	Financial
Feb 2007	General Nutrition Centers, Inc.	Ares Management LLC & Ontario Teachers' Private Capital	-	-	10.1x	Financial
Oct 2006	Yankee Candle Investments LLC	Madison Dearborn Partners LLC	-	-	10.0x	Financial
Dec 2005	Murray's	CSK Auto	$170M	-	8.5x	Strategic
Apr 2005	Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp.	GameStop Corp.	-	-	10.7x	Strategic
	Mean			-	10.1x
	Median			-	10.1x

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

Comp	Primary?	Source Type	Source	Source Advisor	Source Year	EV (USD)	EV/Sales	EV/EBITDA	EV/Fwd EBITDA	Note	Citation
	Primary	fairness opinion	ZLC FO	BofA	2014	-	-	8.9x	-	https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109156/000095015714000460/defa14a.htm	Open