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Putnam Investments to buy Toys 91ƵR91Ƶ Us and Babies 91ƵR91Ƶ Us Canada

Ontario-based investment company did not reveal the value or terms of the deal
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A Toys 91ƵR91Ƶ Us sign is seen in Montreal on September 19, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Putman Investments says it will purchase Toys 91ƵR91Ƶ Us and Babies 91ƵR91Ƶ Us Canada from affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

The Ancaster, Ont.-based investment company did not reveal the value or terms of the deal.

Toys 91ƵR91Ƶ Us and Babies 91ƵR91Ƶ Us Canada employs almost 5,000 people between its Vaughan, Ont. head office and 81 stores in 10 provinces.

Family-owned Putman Investments is run by Doug Putman, who owns Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited and purchased HMV in 2019.

Last year, he purchased recently closed DavidsTea locations and began planning to open his own tea chain called T. Kettle.

Fairfax acquired Toys 91ƵR91Ƶ Us Canada in 2018 for $300 million as the company was filing for bankruptcy in the U.S.

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