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Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. to Leonard Green, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

General RetailSpecialty/Dec 2010
EV / LTM EBITDA
7.3x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$1.5B
Primary Source
Goldman Sachs

Comparable Transactions

General Retail transactions announced in the five years to December 2010. 8 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
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
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
Mean-9.3x
Median-9.4x

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$1.5B-7.3x-https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434729/000110465917063169/a17-17148_8ex99dc17.htm#Exhibitc17CONFIDENTIALBoardofDir_125353Open
-fairness opinionSPLS FOMorgan Stanley2017--7.1x--Open
-fairness opinionSPLS FOBarclays2017--7.1x--Open
-fairness opinionSPLS FOBarclays---7.1x--Open