Home and commercial security services provider Protection One Inc. has been put up for sale by owner GTCR LLC, a private equity firm, with a price tag of more than $1.5 billion, Reuters reported Monday on its website, citing people familiar with the matter.

GTCR, which took the company private about four years ago for roughly $828 million, has hired Morgan Stanley to assist in the effort, Reuters reported.

Full story at: www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/04/us-gtcr-protection-idUSKBN0G41O220140804

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