InsideArbitrage Potential Deal Alert: Vitamin Shoppe Owner Franchise Group (FRG) Considers Going Private

  • January 10, 2023

POTENTIAL DEAL DETAILS

StockFranchise Group, Inc.SymbolFRG
Date Announced01/10/2023Source Wall Street Journal
TypeNews Report
Date of Confirmation: 05/10/2023Price at Confirmation: $29.42
Potential Profit: -3.82%Annualized Profit: -11.63%

Franchise Group (FRG), the investment firm that owns retailers including Vitamin Shoppe, is considering going private. The company’s management, led by Chief Executive Officer Brian Kahn, could pay a price of between $30 and $35 a share, the people said.

Update(s):

March 20, 2023: Franchise Group, Inc. (FRG) announced that it has received an unsolicited non-binding proposal, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the company for a price of $30 per share in cash.

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