The Right Start Completes Acquisition of Zany Brainy Sep 6, 2001 12:00 PM
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Calabasas, CA—Children’s products cataloger/retailer
The Right Start completed its acquisition of toys retailer
Zany Brainy, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection in May. Under the terms of the transaction, The Right Start
acquired substantially all of the operating assets of 187 Zany Brainy
stores for consideration of approximately $100 million. The Right Start
also closed on the sale of $22.3 million of convertible securities to
Athanor Holdings, LLC (an affiliate with Waterton
Management).