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Dana Mattioli. PetSmart Inc. US:PETM has agreed to be bought by a group led by BC Partners Inc. for more than $8.2 billion, the largest private-equity buyout in an otherwise lackluster year for such deals. The group agreed to pay $83 a share for the pet-supply retailer, according to a news release on Sunday. Besides BC Partners, the group includes some of the buyout firmâs investors and Longview Asset Management LLC, which controls about a 9% stake in PetSmart and plans to hold on to one-third of that.