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A class-action lawsuit was filed one hour after Kenneth Cole announced privatization
“When we announced that we were going to do this, we announced it at nine o'clock when the New York Stock Exchange opened, we put out an announcement. We had a class action suit filed and on our desk By 10 o'clock, an hour later.”
Private equity sponsors made a 10x return taking Tempur-Pedic public quickly
“It turned out to be one of the all-time great private equity deals for them, and then they took us public three months later, so it was like they didn't even have their money up for a year, Wow. And they made, like, 10 X.”