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Sard Verbinnen & Co. is handling media for Buffalo Wild Wings' $2.9B takeover by Arby's Restaurant Group.
Atlanta's Roark Capital Group, owner of Arby's, is offering $157 for each BWW share, a price that represents a 38 percent premium over the 30-day average closing of BWW's shares prior to the transaction.
The deal follows a proxy fight for BWW that was launched by activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, which won three seats on the BWW board of directors.
Marcato, which controls a 6.4 percent stake in BWW, plans to vote in favor of Arby's bid.
Paul Brown, Arby's CEO, called BWW "one of the most distinctive and successful entertainment and casual dining restaurant companies in America."
BWW will be a privately-held subsidiary of Arby's following the anticipated first-quarter 2018 completion of the transaction.
SV&C's David Reno and Meghan Gavigan represent BWW, while Christopher Fuller, senior VP at Arby's, works the media for the sandwich chain with 3,300 outlets.
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Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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