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Just Wing It: Roark Capital-backed Wingstop files for a $86 million IPO

May 6, 2015
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Wingstop, a fast casual chicken wing-focused restaurant chain with 712 locations, filed on Wednesday with the SEC to raise up to $86 million in an initial public offering.

The Dallas, TX-based company, which was founded in 1994 and booked $67 million in sales for the 12 months ended December 31, 2014, plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol WING. Wingstop initially filed confidentially on March 27, 2015. Morgan Stanley, Jefferies & Co., Baird, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities are the joint bookrunners on the deal. No pricing terms were disclosed.