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We pride ourselves on working with a variety of client partner organizations in a wide variety of sectors. Our relationships with each enrich and inform our relationships with all and contribute directly to the positive outcomes of every individual transaction. We are especially proud of those client engagements which have lasted over time and have resulted in multiple successful transactions.
Target: Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC
Owner/Parent: J.W. Childs Associates, LP/BAML Capital Partners
Counterparty: Apax Partners
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 17, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC
Owner/Parent: Allied Capital Corporation
Counterparty: JW Childs Associates, LP/Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: $1050 million
Closing Date: March 29, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Airborne
Counterparty: GF Capital Private Equity Fund, LP
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 7, 2009
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Airborne
Counterparty: Schiff Nutrition
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $150 million
Closing Date: March 30, 2012
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Vitafusion, L’il Critters
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $650 million
Closing Date: October 1, 2012
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Babyganics
Owner/Parent: VMG Partners
Counterparty: S.C. Johnson
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 26, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Curad
Client: Beiersdorf AG
Counterparty: Medline Industries, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 27, 2017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Futuro
Owner/Parent: Beiersdorf AG
Counterparty: 3M Company
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 16, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Bell Automotive Products
Owner/Parent: Bell Automotive Products / JH Partners
Counterparty: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation / ONCAP
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 14, 2015
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Best Friends Pet Care
Owner/Parent: Brynwood Partners
Counterparty: Webster Capital
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 29, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Freshlike
Owner/Parent: Vestar Capital Partners
Counterparty: Allen Canning Company
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 30, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Woolite Rug & Upholstery Cleaner®
Client: Bissell, Inc
Counterparty: Playtex Products, Inc
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $62 million
Closing Date: November 2, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Black Flag Brands
Owner/Parent: The Fountainhead Group
Counterparty: Homax Group Inc./Olympus Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 22, 2008
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Simply Saline®
Owner/Parent: Blairex Laboratories, Inc
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $70 million
Closing Date: June 4, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty:Fleet Laboratories
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 29, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
Owner/Parent: Blairex Laboratories, Inc
Counterparty: Fleet LaboratoriesSegment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 29, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Brillo
Owner/Parent: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Counterparty: Armaly Brands
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 12, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Client: Charlesbank Capital Partners
Counterparty: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Segment: Heath & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 29, 2009
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: USA Detergents, Inc
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $120 million
Closing Date: May 21, 2001
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Orange Glo
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $325 million
Closing Date: August 7, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Brillo
Owner/Parent: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Counterparty: Armaly Brands
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 12, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Avid Health
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Heath & Wellness
Transaction Value: $650 million
Closing Date: October 1, 2012
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Lil’ Drug Store Products
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Heath & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 19, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Anusol & Rectinol
Owner/Parent: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Heath & Wellness
Transaction Value: $135 Million
Closing Date: December 1, 2015
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: CNS, Inc.
Counterparty: GlaxoSmithKline plc
Segment: Heath & Wellness
Transaction Value: $507 million
Closing Date: December 19, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Macaw Holdings Limited
Owner/Parent: Cott Beverages, Ltd.
Counterparty: Macaw Holdings Limited
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: $135 million
Closing Date: August 10, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: CR Brands
Owner/Parent: Juggernaut Capital Partners, LP
Counterparty: Resilience Capital Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 30, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Damp Rid, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Tetra Technologies, Inc.
Counterparty: W.M. Barr & Company, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 30, 2003
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: DenTek Oral Care, Inc.
Owner/Parent: TSG Consumer Partners LLC
Counterparty: Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $225 million
Closing Date: February 8, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: EB Excalibur
Owner/Parent: Cortec Group Fund IV, LP
Counterparty: Excalibur Electronics, Inc
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 7, 2009
Role: Finder
Target: Contac, Vivarin
Owner/Parent: GlaxoSmithKline
Counterparty: Meda AB
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $27 million
Closing Date: January 3, 2011
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Feosol, Geritol, Palafer
Owner/Parent: GlaxoSmithKline
Counterparty: Meda AB
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $34 million
Closing Date: December 31, 2010
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: BC, Goody’s Ecotrin, Beano, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Tagamet, Fiber Choice, GI Brands and Sominex, Among Others
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty:GlaxoSmithKline, Plc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $615 million
Closing Date: January 31, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Debrox
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: GlaxoSmithKline, Plc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $45 million
Closing Date: April 2, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: CNS
Client: CNS
Counterparty: GlaxoSmithKline, Plc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $566 million
Closing Date: October 9, 2006
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Handstands
Owner/Parent: Trivest
Counterparty: Energizer, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $340 million
Closing Date: July 1, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: California Scents
Client: Handstands
Counterparty: California Scents
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 2, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Handstands
Counterparty: Trivest Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 7, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Ogilvie
Client: Helen of Troy
Counterparty: Ascendia
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 13, 2008
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Kaz Incorporated
Owner/Parent: Centre Partners
Counterparty: Helen of Troy
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: January 3, 2011
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Pert Plus and Ensure
Owner/Parent: Innovative Brands/Najafi Companies
Counterparty: Helen of Troy
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 31, 2010
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Hickory Farms
Owner/Parent: Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
Counterparty: Modjule, LLC and Private Co-Investors
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 18, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Homax Group – Interior Finishing
Owner/Parent: Olympus Partners
Counterparty: PPG Industries, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 2, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Homax Group – Cleaning Business
Owner/Parent: Olympus Partners
Counterparty: Weiman Products
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: January 27, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Black Flag Brands
Owner/Parent: The Fountainhead Group
Counterparty: Homax Group Inc./Olympus Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 22, 2008
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Jasco, Bix, Oops, Rhodes
Client: Homax Group/Olympus Partners
Owner/Parent: Olympus Partners
Counterparty: W. M. Barr & Company, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 5, 2007
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Bahama Mama, Gourmet To Go
Client: Home Market Foods, Inc.
Counterparty: Hot ‘N Spicey, Inc.
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 1, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Taylor
Owner/Parent: HoMedics, Inc.
Counterparty: Centre Partners Management LLC
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: June 8, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Salter Housewares Ltd.
Client: HoMedics, Inc.
Counterparty: Salter Housewares Ltd.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 31, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Taylor Precision Products
Client: HoMedics, Inc.
Counterparty: Taylor Precision Products
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: August 9, 2002
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Hunter Fans
Owner/Parent: Stonebridge Partners/Weston Presidio
Counterparty: Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $255 million
Closing Date: December 3, 2003
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Implus Footcare, LLC
Owner/Parent: FdG Associates, LLC
Counterparty: AEA Investors, LLC
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 19, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Innocor, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Sun Capital
Counterparty: Bain Capital Private Equity
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 3, 2017
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Pert Plus and Ensure
Owner/Parent: Innovative Brands/Najafi Companies
Counterparty: Helen of Troy
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 31, 2010
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Insight Pharmaceuticals
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Swander Pace Capital
Counterparty: Insight Pharmaceuticals
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $750 million
Closing Date: September 3, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: FDS
Owner/Parent: Inspired Beauty Brands, Inc.
Counterparty: WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 4, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: The Isopure Company
Owner/Parent: Encore Consumer Capital
Counterparty: Glanbia PLC
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $153 million
Closing Date: October 14, 2014
Role: Executive Financial Advisor
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Target: COMPEED
Owner/Parent:Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
Counterparty: HRA Pharma (Astorg Partners, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division)
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 20. 2017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Anusol & Rectinol
Owner/Parent: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
Counterparty: Church & Dwight
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $135 million
Closing Date: December 1, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Cepacol, Cepastat, Brylcreem, Aqua Vleva, Lectric Shave, Viractin
Client: J.B. Williams Company
Owner/Parent: Brynwood Partners
Counterparty: Combe Incorporated
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 31, 2002
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Kaz, Incorporated
Owner/Parent: Center partners
Counterparty: Helen of Troy Limited
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $260 million
Closing Date: December 13, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: ThermoScan, VitalScan
Client: Kaz, Incorporated
Counterparty: Braun GmbH
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 11, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: enviracaire and SlantFin
Owner/Parent: SlantFin
Counterparty: Kaz, Incorporated
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 10, 2006
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Honeywell, Duracraft
Client: Kaz, Incorporated
Counterparty: Honeywell
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 1, 2002
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Lavo
Owner/Parent: Swander Pace Capital
Counterparty: KIK Custom Products
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 6, 2017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: RepHresh, Replens, Pre-Seed, Wellgate
Owner/Parent: Lil’Drug Store Products, Inc.
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 19, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Wellgate Products, LLC
Counterparty: Lil’Drug Store Products, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: January 31, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Lincoln Snacks
Owner/Parent: Brynwood Partners
Counterparty: Willis Stein & Partners, LLC
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 27, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: BiFi, Peperami
Client: Link Snacks, Inc.
Counterparty: Unilever P.L.C.
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 1, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Lornamead Acquisitions Ltd.
Counterparty: Li & Fung Limited
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 21, 2012
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.
Counterparty: H.I.G. Capital
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $75 million
Closing Date: February 18, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.
Owner/Parent: H.I.G. Capital
Counterparty: Gryphon Investors
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 12, 2018
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: The Spic and Span Company
Owner/Parent: Proctor & Gamble
Client: GTCR Goldner Hawn, LLC/Medtech
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 5, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Medtech Holdings, Inc.
Owner/Parent: TSG Consumer Partners
Counterparty: GTCR Goldner Hawn, LLC
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 9, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Meguiar’s
Owner/Parent: Barry Meguiar/TSG Consumer Partners
Counterparty: 3M Company
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 2, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Method Products, Inc.
Owner/Parent: San Francisco Equity Partners, Simon Equity
Counterparty: Ecover Belgium NV
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: August 31, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Concepts in Health, Inc.
Counterparty: Meda AB
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 6, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: NBG Home
Owner/Parent: Kohlberg & Company
Counterparty: Sycamore Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 26, 2017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Old Orchard
Owner/Parent: Old Orchard
Counterparty: Lassonde Industries
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: $150 Million
Closing Date: May 31, 2018
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Old Orchard
Owner/Parent: Allied Capital Corporation
Counterparty: Old Orchard Management
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 31, 2009
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Olde Thompson
Owner/Parent: Olde Thompson
Counterparty: Kainos Capital
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 4, 2018
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Olde Thompson
Owner/Parent: Olde Thompson
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 1, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Orange Glo International, Inc.
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $325.0 million
Closing Date: August 7, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Oreck Corp.
Owner/Parent: Oreck Acquisition Holdings LLC – Black Diamond
Counterparty: Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. (RAM), a subsidiary of the TTI Group
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 24, 2013
Role: Debtors Financial Advisor
Target: Rain X, Gumout, Black Magic, Fix-A-Flat, Blue Coral, Slick 50
Owner/Parent: Pennzoil-Quaker State Company/Royal Dutch Shell plc
Counterparty: Illinois Toolworks Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 8, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Auto Expressions
Owner/Parent: Pennzoil-Quaker State Company/Royal Dutch Shell plc
Counterparty: Kraco Enterprises, Inc./Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 30, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Salant Corporation
Client: Perry Ellis International Inc.
Counterparty: Salant Corporation
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: $91 million
Closing Date: June 9, 2003
Role: Financial Advisor
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Target: The Pfaltzgraff Co.
Client: Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.
Counterparty: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 11, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Niagara Spray Starch
Owner/Parent: Phoenix Brands LLC./Lincolnshire Management, Inc.
Counterparty: Faultless Starch Company
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 5, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Hawaiian Tropic
Owner/Parent: Playtex Products, Inc.
Counterparty: Tiki Hut Holding Company, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $83 million
Closing Date: April 19, 2007
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Dermoplast
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Moberg Pharma
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 31, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: e.p.t.
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: NFI Consumer Products
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 29, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: New Skin, Pedia Care, Fiber Choice
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Moberg Pharma
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: June 30, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Bonine
Owner/Parent: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Wellspring Pharmaceutical Corporation, Sentinel Capital Partners
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 3, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Hydralyte
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Hydration Pharmaceuticals Trust of Victoria, Australia
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $50 million
Closing Date: May 1, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Care Pharmaceuticals
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Care Pharmaceuticals
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 1, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Debrox, Gly-Oxide
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: GlaxoSmithKline, Plc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $45.0 million
Closing Date: April 2, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Prestige Brands Holdings
Owner/Parent: Public Company
Counterparty: Genomma Labs
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $1988.0 million
Closing Date: March 30, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Dramamine
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $76.0 million
Closing Date: January 6, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Blacksmith Brands
Client: Charlesbank
Counterparty: McNeil PPC, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $190 million
Closing Date: November 1, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: The Doctor’s Nightguard, Brush Picks, Orapik
Client: Prestige Brands Holdings
Counterparty: Dental Concepts, LLC
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $30.5 million
Closing Date: November 14, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Little Remedies
Counterparty: Prestige Brands Holdings
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $49.3 million
Closing Date: October 6, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Prestone Products, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Rank Group/UCI Holdings Limited
Counterparty: Centerbridge Partners L.P./KIK Custom Products, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $230 million
Closing Date: April 1, 2016
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: PromoWorks
Owner/Parent: EOS Partners
Counterparty: Crossmark
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 4, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Punica
Client: J.W. Childs
Counterparty: PepsiCo, Inc.
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: June 1, 2005
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Quickie Manufacturing Corp.
Owner/Parent: Centre Partners Management, LLC
Counterparty: Jarden Corporation
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 17, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Quickie Manufacturing Corp.
Counterparty: Centre Partners Management LLC
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 23, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Richelieu Foods, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Brynwood Partners V LP
Counterparty: Centerview Partners LLC
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 18, 2010
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Sleep Innovations, Inc.
Counterparty: Sun Capital Partners V, L.P.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 16, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: So Delicious (Turtle Mountain)
Owner/Parent: Wasserstein
Counterparty: WhiteWave Foods
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: $195 million
Closing Date: September 17, 2014
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: The Spic and Span Company
Owner/Parent: Proctor & Gamble
Client: GTCR Goldner Hawn, LLC/Medtech
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: March 5, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Stella D’oro Biscuit Co., Inc.
Owner/Parent: Brynwood Partners
Counterparty: Lance, Inc.
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 13, 2009
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Stonewall Kitchen
Counterparty: Centre Partners
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 24, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
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Target: Sunny Delight (Western Europe)
Owner/Parent: J.W. Childs Associates, LP
Counterparty: Orangina Schweppes Group
Segment: Food & Beverages
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: February 1, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Taylor
Owner/Parent: HoMedics, Inc.
Counterparty: Centre Partners Management LLC
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: June 8, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Taylor Precision Products
Client: HoMedics, Inc.
Counterparty: Taylor Precision Products
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: August 9, 2002
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Little Remedies
Owner/Parent: Vetco, Inc.
Counterparty: Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $49 million
Closing Date: October 7, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Vitality Foodservice, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Goldner Hawn Private Equity
Counterparty: Nestle Professional
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 30, 2009
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Vornado Air, LLC
Counterparty: AEA Investors LP/ThreeSixtyGroup
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 4, 2018
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Vornado Air, LLC
Counterparty: McCarthy Capital Corporation
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 30, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Voss of Norway ASA
Counterparty: Juggernaut Capital Partners
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: $18 million
Closing Date: August 1, 2011
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Trico Products, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Kohlberg & Company, LLC
Counterparty: Crowne Group LLC
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 30, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Graham Webb International
Client: Wella A.G.
Counterparty: Graham Webb International
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 25, 2001
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Wellgate Products, LLC
Client: Wellgate Products, LLC
Owner/Parent: Wellgate Products, LLC
Counterparty: Lil’ Drug Store Products, LLC
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: January 8, 2008
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Wells Vehicle Electronics
Owner/Parent: Rank Group/UCI Holdings Limited
Counterparty: NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $256 million
Closing Date: July 1, 2015
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Wellspring Consumer Healthcare
Owner/Parent: Sentinel Capital Partners, Ancor Capital Partners
Counterparty: Audax Private Equity
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 25, 2017
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Bactine
Client: Wellspring Pharmaceutical
Counterparty: Bayer
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 17, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: FDS
Owner/Parent: Inspired Beauty Brands, Inc.
Counterparty: WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 4, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Bonine
Client: Prestige Brands
Counterparty: Wellspring Pharmaceutical
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 3, 2014
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Client: Woodstream Corporation
Owner/Parent: Brockway Moran
Counterparty: Code Hennessey & Simmons
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: August 22, 2007
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Yes To
Owner/Parent: San Francisco Equity Partners, Simon Equity
Counterparty: Viking Global Investors
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $56 million
Closing Date: June 14, 2017
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Efferdent, Effergrip, Luden’s, PediaCare, NasalCrom
Client: Blacksmith Brands, Inc.
Owner/Parent: Charlesbank Capital Partners
Counterparty: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: October 29, 2009
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Casabella
Owner/Parent: Kaminstein Family and ZS Fund L.P.
Counterparty: Bradshaw International, a portfolio company of ONCAP
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: 22-Sep-17
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: COMPEED
Owner/Parent:Johnson & Johnson
Counterparty: HRA Pharma (Astorg Partners, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division)
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: September 20. 2017
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Crossmark Holdings, Inc.
Owner/Parent:WP Horizon Holdings, LLC/Warburg Pincus
Counterparty: Crossmark Holdings, Inc.
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 19, 2012
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: PromoWorks
Owner/Parent: EOS Partners
Counterparty: Crossmark
Segment: Other
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: November 4, 2013
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
Owner/Parent:Catterton Partners
Counterparty: Allied Capital Corporation
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $155 million
Closing Date: December 31, 2004
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Mint-X
Client: Mint-X
Counterparty: Scotts Miracle Grow
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: July 8, 2015
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: Plan B One-Step – Value Brands of Emergency Contraception
Client:Foundation Consumer Healthcare (Juggernaut Capital Partners & Kelso & Company)
Counterparty: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $675 million
Closing Date: Announced on September 18, 2017
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Slant Fin
Owner/Parent:Slant Fin
Counterparty: Kaz, Incorporated
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: April 10, 2006
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: USA Detergents, Inc.
Counterparty: Church & Dwight Co, Inc.
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: May 21, 2001
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Victoria Fine Foods
Counterparty: Huron Capital
Segment: Food & Beverage
Transaction Value: Undisclosed
Closing Date: December 2, 2016
Role: Exclusive Financial Advisor
Target: C.B. Fleet
Owner/Parent: Gryphon Investors
Counterparty: Prestige Brands Holdings
Segment: Health & Wellness
Transaction Value: $825 Million
Closing Date: January 27, 2017
Role: Financial Advisor
Target: Filament Brands
Cliwnr: Lifetime Brands
Counterparty: Filament Brands
Owner/Parent: Centre Partners
Segment: Home & Auto
Transaction Value: $313 Million
Closing Date: March 2, 2018
Role: Financial Advisor