Hasbro Buyout Rumored
Posted by Dustin on June 24, 2010 at 06:27 AM CST
Heard this blurb on the radio on my way into work this morning, and found this over at The Wall Street Journal.

"Private-equity firm Providence Equity Partners has held preliminary discussions with Hasbro Inc., one of the world's largest toymakers, to take the company private in a leveraged buyout, people familiar with the matter said.

The talks, whose status is unclear, are still in their early stages and may not lead to a deal, some of the people said. Other people familiar with the matter cautioned that the discussions, which had advanced over several weeks, could have come to a temporary halt given the uncertainty in the markets. Hasbro has a market capitalization of about $6 billion. A leveraged buyout of Hasbro, an S&P 500 company that owns the G.I. Joe, Transformers and Nerf brands, would mark the year's largest private-equity deal."

Read more right here over at WSJ.com.
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