Controlling Interest in Right Start Sold

The Right Start Inc., a Westlake Village maker of children’s products, said an investor group led by Kayne, Anderson Investment Management Inc. has acquired 3,937,000 shares of the company’s common stock, or 62% of the shares outstanding.

The group bought the shares from American Recreation Centers Inc. At the close of the transaction, Richard A. Kayne and Jerry R. Welch of Kayne, Anderson were appointed to Right Start’s board of directors, replacing Robert A. Crist and Robert Feuchter of American Recreation, and Stanley B. Schneider, who resigned.