Bauer, which was bought from Nike in 2008 for $200 million by Kohlberg & Co., will list on the Canadian exchange with an underwriting headed by RBC Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets. It will offer 20% of its shares for C$75 million, valuing the company at about $375 million. That is still less than the $395 million Nike paid for Bauer in 1995, but the deal certainly worked out better for Kohlberg than his last venture into sporting goods when he grossly overpaid for Spalding.

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