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Cost Plus Inc. to Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

General RetailSpecialty/May 2012
EV / LTM EBITDA
12.7x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$700M
Primary Source
Goldman Sachs

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to May 2012. 8 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
May 2012Charming Shoppes, Inc.Ascena Retail Group$800M-9.9xStrategic
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-8.3x
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$700M-12.7x-https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434729/000110465917063169/a17-17148_8ex99dc17.htm#Exhibitc17CONFIDENTIALBoardofDir_125353Open
-fairness opinionSPLS FOBarclays2017--12.6x--Open
-fairness opinionHSN FOCenterview---12.7x--Open