Wolverine Worldwide, a publicly traded marketing and licensing company, and the private equity firms Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital Partners, have completed their acquisition of the brand development and licensing company Collective Brands for $21.75 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $2.0 billion, including the assumption of debt.

Blum Capital Partners has appointed Peter Westley and Carol Fu as partner and associate, respectively. Blum Capital Partners is a San Francisco-based private investment firm with approximately $1.6 billion of equity capital under management. PRESS RELEASE Blum Capital Partners, a leading investment firm active in investing in both privately structured investments as well as strategic [...]

Several LBO shops in recent weeks have taken advantage of a reasonably healthy stock market to sell down stakes in public companies whose share prices have bloomed since going public, Buyouts reports in its June 4 edition. Separate sales on the secondary market by Blum Capital Partners, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Oaktree Capital Management, Sun Capital Partners [...]

A consortium comprised of Wolverine Worldwide, Blum Capital Partners and Golden Gate Capital agreed Tuesday to buy Collective Brands for $21.75 a share, or about $2 billion, including debt. Wolverine Worldwide is buying Collective Brands’ Performance + Lifestyle Group, while Blum Capital and Golden Gate will jointly acquire the operations of Payless ShoeSource and Collective [...]