KKR to buy Nature's Bounty from Carlyle

Carlyle Group said July 24 that it agreed to sell a majority of The Nature's Bounty Co to KKR. Financial terms weren’t announced. Nature Bounty, of Ronkonkoma, New York, makes, markets and distributes vitamins, nutritional supplements, sports & active nutrition and ethical beauty products. KKR’s buy of Nature’s Bounty was reportedly valued at $3 billion. Carlyle was advised in the transaction by Goldman Sachs, Houlihan Lokey, UBS Investment Bank, Latham & Watkins, PricewaterhouseCoopers and The Boston Consulting Group. KKR was advised in the transaction by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Deloitte.

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