Carlyle Buying NBTY for $3.8 Billion

The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire nutritional supplements maker NBTY Inc. (NTY.N) in a $3.8 billion leveraged buyout. NBTY stockholders would receive $55 per share, while debt financing has been committed by BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse.

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