VOL. XLI

No. 46

16-November-1998

BAHRAIN

Investcorp Announces Sale Of Simmons

The Bahraini-based global investment group Investcorp on 31 Octoberannounced the sale of Simmons Company, the leading US manufacturer of premium brandedbedding products, to Fenway Partners, a US investment fund, for approximately $500mn.Investcorp acquired Simmons and placed the investment with clients in March 1996 in atransaction valued at some $300mn, of which about 30% was equity and the balance financedby a bank...