CapitalIQ: LBOs with the smallest deal spreads

By Associated Press
June 26, 2008
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Standard & Poor's CapitalIQ tracks deal spreads, or the difference between the offer price and the deal's current value. CapitalIQ reports the following leveraged buyouts had the smallest spreads, as of June 4.

1.

Hellman & Friedman LLC said on Feb. 24 that it would buy Getty Images Inc.

Offer price per share: $34

Share price on June 4: $33.50

Spread: 1.5 percent

2.

Apax Partners, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and The Regence Group said April 11 that they would buy TriZetto Group Inc.

Offer price per share: $22

Share price on June 4: $21.55

Spread: 2.1 percent

3.

Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners said Nov. 16, 2006, that they would buy Clear Channel Communications Inc.

Offer price per share: $36

Share price on June 4: $35.10

Spread: 2.5 percent
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