LIMITED SELLS MAJORITY STAKE IN EXPRESS FOR $548M.(Limited Brands Inc. sells stake in Express div. to Golden Gate Capital)

Daily News Record, May, 2007 by Moin, David; Palmieri, Jean E.

Byline: David Moin, Jean E. Palmieri

NEW YORK - Express is changing hands.

Last week, Limited Brands Inc. said it would sell 67 percent of Express to Golden Gate Capital, a private-equity firm, for $548 million. In addition, the company will explore options for the Limited Stores division, including possibly selling it off.

"Over the last decade we have changed a lot and evolved, putting greater emphasis on personal care, intimate apparel and beauty," Leslie H. Wexner, chairman and CEO of Limited Brands, said on a recorded message.

The restructuring of Limited is a culmination of almost a decade of steamrolling ahead with its Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works divisions, while largely stagnating on the apparel side. ...

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