At a glance: Deal type: 9%/9.75% $700 million notes due 2015, part of the financing of the $5.1 billion buyout of Neiman Marcus Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Date: October 2005 |
When Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus started bidding for luxury US retailer Neiman Marcus in 2005, they were up against several other private equity consortia. In order to nail the deal last May, the two agreed to pay $5.1 billion for the company, a 25% premium to Neiman Marcus’s share price before it was announced that the company was for sale.
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