Blue Nile to Be Taken Private
07 Noviembre 2016 - 8:00AM
Noticias Dow Jones
Online jeweler Blue Nile Inc. has reached a deal to be bought by
private-equity firms in a $500 million deal.
Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC will pay $40.75
per share for Blue Nile, a 34% premium over the company's closing
stock price on Friday.
In 2015, the Seattle company had total sales of $480.1 million.
It was founded in 1999 and went public in 2004. Its shares have
fallen 18% this year.
As consumers have gotten more comfortable with buying jewelry
online, Blue Nile has faced increased competition both from
traditional jewelers investing more in their online stores and from
newer jewelry startups.
Blue Nile has until Dec. 6 to look for other suitors in a
so-called go-shop period. Depending on the circumstance, Blue Nile
could pay up to a $17.4 million termination fee and the buyers
could pay Blue Nile up to $32.2 million.
The company also reported quarterly results. Revenue fell 4.4%
to $105.1 million as earnings fell to $1.29 million, or 11 cents on
a per-share basis, compared with $2 million, or 17 cents a share, a
year prior.
Write to Austen Hufford at austen.hufford@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 07, 2016 08:45 ET (13:45 GMT)
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