Doubts surround deal to sell Home Depot supply unit
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ATLANTA -- Talks over restructuring a $10.3 billion deal to sell The Home Depot Inc.'s wholesale distribution business went down to the wire yesterday, the expected closing date for the agreement.
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ATLANTA -- The Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its wholesale distribution business to a private equity group for $8.5 billion _ about $1.8 billion less than originally agreed.
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Options traders have been scooping up   bullish calls in Home Depot Inc. HD.N hoping to profit from a   run-up in the shares of the retailer partly spurred by   speculation that hedge fund manager Edward Lampert would invest   in the company, option traders and analysts said.
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Home Depot Inc.  said on Tuesday that its board approved the sale of its supply unit for $10.3 billion to private equity firms.
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The Home Depot Inc. has tentatively agreed to sell its wholesale distribution business to a group of private equity firms for $1.8 billion less than originally planned, and it will retain a small stake in the unit, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Sunday.
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Home Depot Inc  said on Tuesday that it would sell its wholesale supply business to buyout firms for $8.5 billion -- nearly 18 percent less than previously agreed upon -- as the U.S. housing slump and recent credit crunch forced renegotiation of the deal.
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The specialty retailer's uncertainty about the fourth quarter is unsettling.
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Home Depot was scrambling last night to save the sale of its wholesale unit to a consortium of private equity firms, lowering its asking price by about $1.2 billion from the original $10.3 billion it agreed upon, people involved in the talks said.
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- Home Depot Inc  said it completed the sale of its wholesale supply business, HD Supply, to buyout firms on the same terms announced earlier this week.
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If the retailer can right its merchandise woes, this stock could be a home run.
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Shares of Home Depot Inc. (HD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US home improvement retailer, may extend gains amid solid expected growth in sales of homes and home improvement
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Home Depot Inc.  has agreed to sell its supply division to three private equity firms for about $10 billion, sources said on Tuesday, unloading a business built up by the home improvement retailer's former chief executive.
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The Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday it will sell its wholesale distribution business to a group of private equity firms for $10.3 billion over the objection of some shareholders.
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A combination of National, Alamo, Thrifty and Dollar in a deal valued at more than $3 billion is being discussed.
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Will the HD Supply drama spawn any sequels? That&#8217;s the question lingering in market watchers&#8217; minds after Home Depot agreed on Sunday to make several concessions in the sale of its wholesale supply unit, including lowering the price by $1.8 billion and keeping a sizable stake in the unit. As the credit markets remain frozen, anxious [...].
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Home Depot Inc.  has agreed to sell its supply division to three private equity firms, sources said on Tuesday, in a roughly $10 billion deal that unloads a business the home-improvement retailer's former chief executive worked to expand.
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Home Depot Inc  said on Tuesday that it would sell its wholesale supply business to buyout firms for $8.5 billion -- 17 percent less than previously agreed upon -- as the slumping housing industry and recent credit crunch forced the renegotiation of the deal.