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FTC Frowns on a Blending of Claussen And Vlasic by a Hicks Muse Company.

Publication: Mergers & Acquisitions Journal
Publication Date: 21-NOV-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A leveraged buyout firm rarely winds up on the antitrust hot seat for executing an acquisition. But private equity firms could find it harder to avoid tussling with merger regulators when they push one of their favorite plays - rolling up mature, fragmented consumer goods industries that feature brand names with leadership positions.

A potentially important tipoff of hard-nosed regulatory attitudes toward LBO-driven consolidation emerged in October when the FTC challenged a deal aimed at uniting two of the nation's best-known pickle makers, Vlasic and Claussen, in the portfolio of Hicks Muse Tate...

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