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Deal Detail

Deb Shops to Lee Equity Partners

General RetailSpecialty/Jul 2007
EV / LTM EBITDA
7.8x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$259M
Primary Source
Fairness Opinion

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to July 2007. 21 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Jun 2007Barneys New YorkIstithmar$942M-14.1xFinancial
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
Jul 2006PetcoPrivate equity consortium$1.8B-8.7xFinancial
Jun 2006Michaels StoresPrivate equity consortium$5.6B-12.2xFinancial
Jan 2006Burlington Coat FactoryBain Capital$2.0B-7.2xFinancial
Jan 2006Hudson's Bay CompanyMaple Leaf Heritage Investments$1.6B-8.1xFinancial
Dec 2005Murray'sCSK Auto$170M-8.5xStrategic
Nov 2005Linens n ThingsApollo Management$1.3B-8.8xFinancial
Oct 2005Northern Department StoresBon-Ton Stores$1.1B-6.7xStrategic
May 2005Neiman MarcusTPG, Warburg Pincus$5.2B-10.3xFinancial
Apr 2005Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp.GameStop Corp.--10.7xStrategic
Mar 2005Toys “R” UsPrivate equity consortium$6.2B-9.4xFinancial
Feb 2005May Department StoresFederated Department Stores$17.0B-8.6xStrategic
Nov 2004SearsKmart$14.8B-7.3xStrategic
Nov 2004Barneys New YorkJones Apparel Group$400M-8.6xStrategic
Jul 2004Mervyn'sCerberus Capital$1.6B-6.2xFinancial
Jun 2004Marshall Field'sMay Department Stores$3.2B-13.5xStrategic
Oct 2003GNC Corp.Apollo Management LLC--8.1xFinancial
Mean-9.4x
Median-8.8x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
PrimaryFairness OpinionJCG FOPerella Weinberg2011$259M-7.8x--Open