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Mikhail Fridman’s L1 Retail to Buy Holland & Barrett For $2.3 Billion

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's fund L1 Retail has agreed to buy health food chain Holland & Barrett for about 2.3 billion dollars

A general view of Health food shop Holland and Barrett

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman‘s fund L1 Retail has agreed to buy health food chain Holland & Barrett for about 1.8 billion pounds ($2.3 billion), according to a source familiar with the matter.

L1 Retail will take control of the chain from its private equity owners Carlyle Group . The deal was first reported by the Financial Times.

Carlyle Group bought Nature’s Bounty, the owner of Holland & Barrett, in 2010 for $3.8 billion.

L1 Retail, Holland & Barrett, Carlyle Group and Nature’s Bounty were not immediately available to comment.

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