IPO Profile

Buffets Holdings
1460 Buffet Way Eagan, Minnesota 55121
Tel: 651-994-8608
Web:
Ticker:
Stock Exchange: American Stock Exchange
Shares Issued: 0.00
Price Offered: $0.00
Amount Raised: $550,000,000.00

Underwriters:
CS First Boston
Banc of America Securities
CIBC World Markets
UBS Investment Bank
J.P. Morgan

Company Description:
Founded in 1983, Buffets is the twentieth largest restaurant operator in the United States and is the largest operator of company-owned stores in the buffet/grill segment, as measured in both sales and number of restaurants. Our restaurants are principally operated under the names Old Country Buffet and HomeTown Buffet. As of June 30, 2004, we had 360 company-owned restaurants and 20 franchised locations in 38 states. We offer excellent customer service, together with a convenient, value-priced selection of home-style cooked meals in a self-service buffet format. For fiscal 2004, we generated net sales of $942.8 million and served approximately 131 million customers.