Computer equipment retailer CDW Corp. ended a day of speculation with an announcement that it had struck a deal for Madison Dearborn Partners LLC to take it private for $7.3 billion.
The Chicago buyout firm will pay $87.75 per share, or 16 percent above CDW’s closing price of $75.56 on May 25. The buyer is financing the deal with debt arranged by Lehman Brothers Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
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