Oak Hill to pump $125m into Duane Reade

Duane Reade has struggled under its $556.5m debt load and heavy competition from national chains. Oak Hill bought the drug store chain chain in 2004 for $750m.

Oak Hill Capital Partners will inject $125 million into its struggling portfolio company Duane Reade to help it repurchase debt.

The retail chain has struggled under its $556.5 million debt load and this week Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the company further into junk.

Oak Hill’s investment is meant to partially fund the discounted repurchase of Duane Reade’s $195 million, 9.75

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