Steinhoff to buy Mattress Firm for $3.8 bln including debt

Aug 7 (Reuters) - South African discount retailer Steinhoff International Holdings NV said on Sunday it would buy Mattress Firm Holding Corp, the largest specialty bedding retailer in the United States, for $3.8 billion which includes debt.

Steinhoff said it will pay $64 per share, a premium of about 115 percent to Mattress Firm's Friday close.

(Reporting by Rama Venkat Raman in Bengaluru)