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Perrigo to Acquire HRA Pharma
Transaction would complete Perrigo’s three-year transformation plan to become a global leader in consumer self-care; positions Perrigo to deliver top-tier net sales growth and double-digit EPS growth, with significant margin expansion. Would add HRA’s focused portfolio of market leading, high growth OTC self-care brands in blister care, women’s health and scar care to Perrigo’s expert […]
Bansk Group to Acquire Arcadia Consumer Healthcare
Positions Company for Continued Success in Meeting the Ever Increasing Consumer Appetite for Health and Wellness Solutions NEW YORK, NY, August 9, 2021 (PRNEWSWIRE) – Bansk Group, a private investment firm focused on building distinctive consumer brands, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arcadia Consumer Healthcare (“Arcadia” or the […]
Prospect Hill Growth Partners Announces Majority Investment in Lifestyle Solutions
WALTHAM, MA, July 6, 2021 – Prospect Hill Growth Partners (“PHGP”), a private equity firm focused on North American consumer and healthcare growth companies, is pleased to announce its investment in Lifestyle Solutions, a leading drop-ship supplier of upholstered home furnishings in the e-commerce channel. PHGP acquired a majority stake in Lifestyle Solutions, with significant […]
Platinum Equity to Acquire SVP Worldwide
LOS ANGELES, CA, June 10, 2021 (PRNEWSWIRE) – Platinum Equity announced today a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling stake in SVP-Singer Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“SVP Worldwide”), the world’s largest consumer sewing machine company. Existing shareholders and management have retained a meaningful equity interest. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction […]
Prestige Enters Into Agreement to Acquire TheraTears
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (“Prestige” or the “Company”) (NYSE:PBH) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of over-the-counter consumer brands from specialty pharmaceutical company Akorn Operating Company LLC (“Akorn”) for $230 million in cash. The agreement is structured as an […]
Kainos Capital To Sell Olde Thompson to Olam Food Ingredients
DALLAS, TX, April 28, 2021 – Kainos Capital (“Kainos”), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, today announced that it has agreed to sell its portfolio company Olde Thompson to Olam Food Ingredients, an operating group of Olam International (SGX: 032), a global food and agri-business, in a transaction valued at $950 million. Olde Thompson […]
Slant/Fin has been Acquired by Mestek
WESTFIELD, MA, April 19, 2021 – Mestek, Inc., a manufacturer of specialty heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems for industrial, commercial and residential spaces, announces the acquisition of the baseboard assets of Slant/Fin, a leading provider of hydronic baseboard radiation. The transaction builds upon Mestek’s track record of investing in channel specific companies that provide […]
Encore Consumer Capital Announces Investment in Love Wellness
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 23, 2021 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Encore Consumer Capital (“Encore”), a private equity firm that invests in leading consumer products companies, is pleased to announce that it has completed an investment in Ogilvie Brands, Inc. (d/b/a “Love Wellness”). Love Wellness, headquartered in New York City, is a women’s health and wellness brand […]
Conair Corporation to be Acquired by American Securities
NEW YORK, NY AND STAMFORD, CT, March 12, 2021 – Conair Corporation, a global leader in premium kitchen electric appliances, non-electric kitchenware, personal care, grooming, health and beauty products, and American Securities LLC, a leading U.S. private equity firm, announced today that Conair has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of […]
Yellow Wood Partners to Acquire Scholl From Reckitt Benckiser
BOSTON, MA, February 24, 2021 (PRNEWSWIRE) – Yellow Wood Partners LLC (“Yellow Wood”), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, which operates globally outside of the Americas, from U.K.-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group […]
Insignia Capital Group Announces Strategic Investment In Market Performance Group
WALNUT CREEK, CA, February 4, 2021 – Insignia Capital Group announced its strategic investment in Market Performance Group (“MPG” or the “Company”), a leading provider of sales strategy, account management, data and analytics, distribution/order to cash, and consulting services to health, personal care, food, and other CPG brands across brick and mortar and e-commerce retail […]
Swander Pace Capital Completes Sale of Clarion Brands
January 21, 2021 – Trevose, PA (BUSINESS WIRE) – Swander Pace Capital (“SPC”) announced today that it completed the sale of Trevose, PA-based Clarion Brands, LLC (“Clarion” or the “Company”), a leading consumer products company specializing in over-the-counter (“OTC”) healthcare solutions and dietary supplements, to Bridges Consumer Healthcare LLC, a consumer healthcare company partnering with […]