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Dynamic Healthcare M&A Database - 3Q05



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Acquiring Party    Berkshire Partners LLC, a private equity investor.
Transferring Party    National Vision, Inc. (NVI), an operator of retail vision centers.
Sector    Medical Services
Date    September 12, 2005
Analysis
Deal value - $43 million for 85.1% of the outstanding shares. Subject to the completion of NVI's acquisition of Consolidated Vision Group, in which NVI will pay approximately $88 million in cash. The merger will combine NVI and CVG into the fourth largest retail optical chain in the United States.




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