Leonard Green & Partners

Examworks Group, Inc. (NYSE: EXAM), a provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, bill reviews, Medicare compliance and other related services, announced on Wednesday it has agreed to sell itself to an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a private equity firm. As...

In a report published Monday, Morgan Stanley analyst Simeon Gutman commented on Leonard Green & Partners disclosure on Friday that it owns 0.6 percent of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond rose more than 5 percent following the disclosure. According to...

What was months of speculation over who, or if 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) would get acquired, has ended today, with Ares Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Gold/Schiffer family acquiring the company for $22 per share in cash, a 7% premium to yesterday's closing price...

There is big money in ninety-nine cents, and even a dollar. There was a report out this morning from the New York Post that private-equity firm Apollo Management would bid $22 to $24 for 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN). As such, shares of the discount retailer are soaring on the news, as are...

Warren Buffett certainly knows a good thing when he sees it. When Buffett, 81, announced earlier in the month he had a position in Dollar General (NYSE: DG), many thought it was a shrew move. After today's earnings beat, it looks like an even shrewder move. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based...

99 cents to be exact. Shares of discount chain 99-Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) are jumping this afternoon, gaining almost 10% after the the New York Post reported this morning that private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC was going to bid on the company. “Instead of saying Leonard Green...

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Wednesday, June 29, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Wednesday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading higher as traders anticipate a positive vote to the Greek debt crisis...

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) shares are down sharply today, down more than 3% despite a Bloomberg article that says BJ's Wholesale could fetch around $53 per share in a going private offer. Last week, it was disclosed that Leonard Green and CVC Capital Partners had offered to buy the...

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) shares have given up their gains from earlier in the session, and are now negative on the session as concerns over the going private deal weigh on the name. Earlier today, Leonard Green and CVC Partners announced in a filing that they had sent a letter to BJ's...

BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) shares are up more than 4% this morning after Leonard Green and CVC disclosed they had submitted a bid for the company. Leonard Green & Partners and CVC Capital Partners have teamed up with each other to buy BJ's Wholesale Club, which announced earlier this year that...

The broader markets are getting hammered, but one sector, the dollar stores, are holding up. Names like Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Dollar General (NYSE: DG), and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) are all hovering near the flatline, or slightly negative. This comes as the broader markets are all down...

It's been in the rumor mill for what seems like forever, and today is no different. The NY Post is reporting that CVC Capital Partners and Leonard Green & Partners are going to team up to buy BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) for $2.8 billion. The bid is expected to come next week, and would only be...

Shares of BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) are rocketing higher today, gaining almost 4% on news that the company and private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners have entered into a confidentiality agreement, which may be a precursor to the warehouse retailer going private. In February,...

Playing the merger arbitrage game with J. Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) may reap shareholders additional benefits, writes Bloomberg. The clothing company, which agreed to go private months ago at $43.50 per share in cash, is concerned shareholders may reject its $3 billion buyout. In response to...