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Bain Capital to HD Supply: Goodbye Goodwill

According to a Reuters report earlier this month, private equity firm Bain Capital wrote down 35 percent of its investment in HD Supply to $617 million. Like many banks and other investors during the M&A boom period, Bain is now taking a hit on the value of its investment made in better times.
 
Home Depot sold its HD Supply wholesale distribution unit to a trio of private equity firms – Bain Capital, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, and Carlyle Group – in August 2007. The terms were as follows: Purchase price of $8.5 billion, The Home Depot to own a 12.5% equity interest for $325 million, and The Home Depot guaranteed a $1 billion senior secured loan. The acquisition included a portfolio of 11 businesses and HD Supply Canada, and total annual revenues of $12 …

According to a Reuters report earlier this month, private equity firm Bain Capital wrote down 35 percent of its investment in HD Supply to $617 million. Like many banks and other investors during the M&A boom period, Bain is now taking a hit on the value of its investment made in better times.
 
Home Depot sold its HD Supply wholesale distribution unit to a trio of private equity firms – Bain Capital, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, and Carlyle Group – in August 2007. The terms were as follows: Purchase price of $8.5 billion, The Home Depot to own a 12.5% equity interest for $325 million, and The Home Depot guaranteed a $1 billion senior secured loan. The acquisition included a portfolio of 11 businesses and HD Supply Canada, and total annual revenues of $12 …

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