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Apparel Maker PVH to Buy Peer Warnaco for $2.9 Billion

Apparel maker PVH Corp. (PVH) agreed to pay $2.9 billion to acquire smaller peer Warnaco Group Inc. (WRC) in a cash-and-stock deal that will unite well-known brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Speedo under one combined firm.Based on PVH's last closing price, the per-share value of the deal is $68.43, a 34% premium over Warnaco's last closing price. Shareholders at both firms cheered the news, as Warnaco jumped 38% to $70.07 in recent trading while PVH rose 17% to $106.70. Both stocks hit all-time highs on Wednesday.In recent years, PVH hasn't been shy about launching large acquisitions to bolster the company's rank of brands. New York-based PVH, formerly known as Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., paid roughly $3 billion in 2010 to acquire Tommy Hilfiger and spent over $400 million to buy Calvin Klein in 2003. Those two brands represent over 75% of PVH's profits and more than 80% of 2011's $5.9 billion in revenue.Warnaco shareholders will receive $51.75 in cash and 0.1822 of a sha...

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