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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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
Juanita M. Kreps → boardMemberOf → RJR Nabisco ⓘ
F. Ross Johnson → employer → RJR Nabisco ⓘ
F. Ross Johnson → boardMemberOf → RJR Nabisco ⓘ
RN → refersTo → RJR Nabisco ⓘ
RN → hasIssuer → RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. ⓘ
linked to: RJR Nabisco
RN → historicalTickerFor → RJR Nabisco ⓘ
RN → ISINIssuerName → RJR Nabisco ⓘ
Planters → previousOwner → RJR Nabisco ⓘ