The right start to acquire FAO Schwarz. (News Watch).

Home Textiles Today, January, 2002

Calabasas, Calif. -- Specialty retailer The Right Start has agreed to acquire the name of FAO Schwarz and 23 of the specialty toy retailer's stores, including its flagship Fifth Avenue location in New York. The deal is expected to take Right Start's annual revenue to about $650 million.

As part of the noncash deal, Right Start will also acquire FAO's Internet and catalog operations from Royal Vendex KBB. The Right Start has agreed to issue preferred stock convertible into five million common shares and an $18 million, four-year note. Royal Vendex will end up owning about 14% of Right Start's stock on a fully diluted basis. The company will also assume about $10 million in FAO's liabilities. Right Start, which was started in 1985 as a...

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