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KKR presses the IPO button on Dollar General
Aug 21, 2009 12:00 PM UTC

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Filed under: Private equity, Family Dollar Stores (FDO), KKR Financial (KFN)

Over the past few years, it's been hard to find successes in private equity. But, in the case of KKR, there is no doubt that it made a good deal in the leveraged buyout of Dollar General in July 2007 (the company had been public since 1968). The price tag was $7.2 billion.

Now, the company has filed to go public. And, in light of KKR's recent success with the Avago (NASDAQ: AVGO) public offering -- as well as the resurgence in the equities markets -- there's a good chance that Dollar General will also get a nice reception.

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