Article: Mexican Retail Group Plans to Acquire CompUSA.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Jan. 25--One of Mexico's largest retail groups said yesterday that it will purchase Addison-based CompUSA, the computer superstore chain that has struggled with declining earnings, for $797.7 million.

Grupo Sanborns S.A. de C.V. has a 14.8 percent stake in CompUSA and will pay shareholders $10.10 in cash for each outstanding share it does not already own. The Mexican company is a subsidiary of Grupo Carso, in which Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu and his family hold a majority stake.

The deal -- which will result in CompUSA becoming a privately-held company -- was not a complete surprise, because merger and acquisition rumors had surrounded CompUSA ...

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