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Kohlberg Completes Secondary Offering of BPS
- Client News
- October 17, 2012
Practices
Paul, Weiss client Kohlberg & Company, LLC, through certain of its funds, completed a secondary offering of 4,140,000 common shares of Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. (BPS), including 540,000 common shares sold pursuant to an over-allotment option. BPS, a former portfolio company and a leading developer and manufacturer of hockey and lacrosse equipment, completed its initial public offering in Canada in March 2011. The shares were purchased by several underwriters in a bought deal and were offered in each of the provinces of Canada and in the United States to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A. The shares were offered for aggregate gross consideration of approximately $35.6 million.
The Paul, Weiss team representing Kohlberg and BPS included corporate partners Angelo Bonvino and Edwin Maynard.