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Strategic Owners

Staples Offers $1B for Office Depot’s Consumer Unit in New Bid

A deal would bring together two of the biggest names in office supplies.

June 4, 2021

Retail

Office Depot Reportedly Rejects Staples’s Buyout Offer

Staples recently proposed to buy Office Depot in a deal valued at around $2.1B.

January 19, 2021

Consumer Goods

Staples Seeks to Buy Office Depot for $2.1B

Staples had previously tried to buy Office Depot, but the $6.3 billion acquisition was called off in 2016 amid antitrust scrutiny.

January 11, 2021

Private Equity

Silver Lake, GIC, extract $900 million from Ancestry.com

The dividend would be one of the largest funded by the issuance of junk debt this year.

August 15, 2019

Yellow Wood-Backed Beacon Wellness Names Lisa Tanzer as CEO

Tanzer most recently served as president of Katie Couric Media Marketplace.

March 15, 2023

Bankers & Advisors

The weekly wrap: Ingersoll-Rand, Staples, Thoma Bravo, Ellie Mae

Ingersoll-Rand buys Precision Flow Systems. Sycamore-backed Staples acquires Dex Imaging. Thoma Bravo takes Ellie Mae private. Sycamore

February 15, 2019

Private Equity

M&A wrap: Ingersoll-Rand, Morgan Stanley, Thoma Bravo, Staples

Ingersoll-Rand buys Precision Flow. Francisco Partners, Morgan Stanley, make acquisitions. Staples, Thoma Bravo closed big deals in January, continuing M&A momentum from 2018.

February 11, 2019

Bankers & Advisors

Thoma Bravo, Sonic Healthcare and Staples closed big deals in January

Middle market deals included Cision's purchase of TrendKite, Staples' acquisition of Essendant, and Waitr's deal for Bite Squad.

February 11, 2019

Strategic Owners

M&A wrap: Mars, Iams, Arbor, Staples, Essendant, Sycamore, Silver Lake, AMC

Candy conglomerate Mars Inc. is selling its U.S. private-label pet care business, known as Exclusive Brands (EB), to private equity firm Arbor Investments to focus on growing its Iams, Greenies and Pedigree brands.

September 14, 2018

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