Safeway's Blackhawk Network files for a $200 million IPO

Blackhawk Network Holdings, which provides prepaid products for consumers and businesses, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering. The Pleasanton, CA-based company, which was founded in 2001 and booked $959 million in sales for the 12 months ended 12/31/2012, plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol HAWK. Goldman Sachs, BofA Merril Lynch, Citi and Deutsche Bank are the joint bookrunners on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.

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