rumored leveraged buyout of Hasbro

[ggroy]

Hasbro Rises on Report of Takeover Talks With Providence Equity Partners - Bloomberg

Hasbro, Providence talked but status unclear - Yahoo! News

(Found from http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=17591)


EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout

 

[ggroy]

More articles from semi-credible sources:

Hasbro Shares Up After Report In Talks With Providence Equity - WSJ.com

Providence Equity in talks with Hasbro: report | Reuters


EDIT: (Earliest article from Wall Street Journal)

Hasbro in Early Talks on Buyout - WSJ.com

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I was just about to post this and reasoned that someone else would get to it...

 

[CleverNickName]

Hmm....interesting...








...and a bit unexpected.

 

[vagabundo]

Providence Equity Partners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wonder what they will do? Will this mean a change in how Hasbro manages things? Will the strip mine the brands/assets?

Tune in for this and more next week on EN-World News.. de de de de deee de de..

 

[Scribble]

Anyone know anything about Providence?

 

[vagabundo]

Anyone know anything about Providence?

They have a cool statue outside their building. Very Hudsucker...

 

[Mark]

Anyone know anything about Providence?

"Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it.” - Mark Twain


So . . . we gamers are in good hands and so are our children.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

Hasbro confirms approached about deal; not interested

 

[ggroy]

Hasbro confirms approached about deal; not interested

Easy strategy of Hasbro attempting to raise the bid price.

Or better yet, start a bidding war between several buyout firms.