All told, the various private equity owners have made around $750 million in profits from Simmons over the years. They collected millions for helping to arrange the takeovers and for selling the bonds that made those deals possible. Wall Street investment banks also cashed in. Last year, the firm even gave itself a small raise.
It also paid itself millions more in fees, first for buying the company, then for helping run it. THL collected hundreds of millions of dollars from the company in the form of special dividends. The investment firm, which bought Simmons in 2003, has pocketed around $77 million in profit, even as the company’s fortunes have declined. Lee Partners of Boston has not only escaped unscathed, it has made a profit.
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