Private-equity firm Providence Equity Partners is in preliminary discussions with Hasbro, one of the world's largest toymakers, to take the company private in a leveraged buyout.
The talks are still in their early stages and may not lead to a deal. Hasbro has a market capitalization of about $6 billion. A leveraged buyout of Hasbro, an S&P 500 company that owns the G.I. Joe, Transformers and Nerf brands, would mark the year's largest private-equity deal.
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