
Sequoia backs Chinese vegetable producer MBO
Sequoia Capital has teamed up with the chairman and CEO of Chinese vegetable producer Le Gaga Holdings to submit a buyout offer that values the NASDAQ-listed company at around $183 million. Le Gaga has seen its net profit increase fourfold over the last four years, but its stock price has fallen 66% since the company went public in October 2010.
According to a regulatory filing, Sequoia and Na Lai Chiu and Shing Yung Ma, Le Gaga's chairman and CEO, respectively, are willing to pay $4.01 per share for all outstanding American Depository Receipts...
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