BC Partners to acquire PetSmart for $8.7 billion
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Pet supply retailer PetSmart Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to sell itself to a private equity consortium led by BC Partners Ltd for $8.7 billion, in the largest leveraged buyout of the year.
PetSmart said BC Partners, as well as co-investors that include La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and StepStone, have signed an agreement to buy the company for $83 per share. Longview Asset Management, which has a 9 percent stake in PetSmart, will roll a third of that into the deal.
(Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis in New York; Editing by Paul Simao)
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