Read and discuss: Another mega deal?

Investment firm Kelso & Company is reportedly in deep discussions with the owners of US LBM Holdings to acquire the fast-growing network of lumberyard businesses.

Various news reports had written as early as April about the possibility of a sale of the Green Bay, Wisconsin-based US LBM Holdings. US LBM continues to withhold comment on the possibility of a sale.

Sources cited by Reuters put the value of the deal at about $1 billion, including debt. [Read the Reuters article here.] By comparison, the mega deal announced by Builders FirstSource to acquire ProBuild and create the largest building materials distributor in the United States was described as a $1.63 billion deal.

[Click here to follow the significant growth of US LBM since its formation in late 2009.]

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