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		<title><![CDATA[Private equity firm buys 17% of whole foods]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a $425 million deal, Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX, is selling a 17% stake in the company to a private investment firm, Green Equity Investors (an affiliate of Los Angeles, CA-based Leonard Green & Partners). The news came as Whole Foods announced a large drop in fourth-quarter earnings amid...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whole Foods Market receives $425 million from Leonard Green]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whole Foods Market Inc., the largest natural-foods grocer, received a $425 million equity investment from Leonard Green & Partners LP after reporting its eighth straight drop in profit and lowering its 2009 sales forecast.   The shares surged 22 percent in late Nasdaq trading after the retailer, based in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Container Store® Engages New Financial Partnership with Leonard Green & Partners, L.P]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailer Achieves All Objectives in Partnership -- Attractive Value for Shareholders, Management Team Retention and Equity Participation, Preservation of Unique Culture -- Positioning Brand for Future Growth  COPPELL, Texas -- The Container Store's Kip Tindell (CEO & Co-Chairman), Garrett Boone (Co-Chairman), Sharon Tindell Chief Merchandising Officer and Melissa Reiff...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leonard Green & Partners Closes $5.3 Billion Private Equity Fund]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. announced today the closing of its latest private equity fund, Green Equity Investors V, L.P., with total commitments of $5.3 billion. Founded in 1989, Leonard Green & Partners now manages approximately $9 billion in capital commitments.  The investment activities of Leonard...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tourneau to Be Sold for $300 Million.(Tourneau Direct Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By William George Shuster    Tourneau Inc., the leading U.S. watch retailer and one of the  world's largest, announced Sept. 6 that it had "a definitive  agreement" to be acquired by an investor group led by Green Equity  Investors IV L.P. The group, an affiliate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Sports Authority, Inc. to Be Acquired by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and Management for $37.25 Per Share in Cash]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Sports Authority, Inc. (NYSE:TSA), announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Green Equity Investors IV, L.P., an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and including members of Sports Authority's senior management team for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Claim Jumper sells major stake to investment firm]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, CALIF. -- Claim Jumper Restaurants Inc. has sold a majority stake in the high-grossing, 35-unit operator to a private equity firm for $200 million to $250 million, officials of the casual-dining chain indicated.  Robert Ott, Claim Jumper's president and chief operating officer, said the buyer is Leonard Green...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asian-American market is ready.(KSCI Holding Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Los Angeles, viewers can choose from seven English-language  newscasts and three others in Spanish, but only one broadcaster delivers  local news in Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese and Korean. The outlet is  independent station KSCI Los Angeles, a full-power TV station aimed at  the 2.5 million Asian-American...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newspaper owner's acquisition closes    NORTHBROOK - The acquisition of Liberty Group Publishing Inc. by a  Fortress Investment Group LLC affiliate is official, Liberty said on  Monday. The deal to merge Liberty with the alternative investment and  asset management firm's affiliate was announced last month....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LA firm buys minority share in Tire Rack.(Late News)(Leonard Green & Partners L.P.)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Lisa Aichlmayr    A Los Angeles investment firm has reached a deal to buy a minority  stake in online and mail-order marketer Tire Rack, leaving family  members still with majority ownership in the company.    Tire Rack said in April that it had...]]></description>
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