RJR Nabisco

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RJR Nabisco was a major American conglomerate best known for its food and tobacco businesses and for being the focus of a landmark leveraged buyout battle in the late 1980s.

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RJR Nabisco canonical 2
RJR Nabisco’s Del Monte division 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company
conglomerate
acquiredBy Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
acquisitionType leveraged buyout
acquisitionValue approximately $25 billion
acquisitionYear 1989
category defunct companies based in North Carolina
leveraged buyouts in the United States
competitorBidder First Boston
Forstmann Little & Co.
Shearson Lehman Hutton
country United States
divestedBusiness food business
tobacco business
era 1980s corporate finance boom
formedByMergerOf Nabisco
R.J. Reynolds
headquartersLocation Atlanta, Georgia
linked to: Atlanta

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
industry food
tobacco
keyExecutive F. Ross Johnson
Henry Kravis
keyExecutiveRole CEO
lead bidder in LBO
knownFor highly leveraged capital structure
iconic case in corporate governance debates
legalForm public company
majorBrand Nabisco
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
majorProduct cigarettes
cookies
crackers
mergerDate 1985
notableEvent 1988 leveraged buyout battle
notableFor leveraged buyout
predecessor Nabisco Brands
linked to: Pepperidge Farm

R.J. Reynolds Industries
record largest leveraged buyout at the time
status defunct
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange
subjectOf Barbarians at the Gate (1993 film)
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
successor Kraft Foods (for Nabisco brands)
linked to: Kraft Foods

Nabisco Holdings Corp.
linked to: Nabisco

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
tickerSymbol RN
wentPrivateIn 1989

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Carl Icahn knownForInvestmentIn RJR Nabisco
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. boardMemberOf RJR Nabisco
Del Monte Foods hasPredecessor RJR Nabisco’s Del Monte division
linked to: RJR Nabisco