Oak Hill Buying Hillman for $815 Million

Oak Hill Capital Partners has agreed to acquire The Hillman Companies Inc. from Code Hennessy & Simmons, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and certain members of company management. The deal is valued at $815 million, with Hillman's publicly traded trust preferred securities to remain outstanding on the NYSE-AMEX. Hillman is a Cincinnati-based distributor of hardware items to retail customers.

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