M&A Deal Summary

Birch Hill Equity Partners Acquires CCM Hockey

On July 27, 2017, private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners acquired consumer products company CCM Hockey from adidas

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 32nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Birch Hill Equity Partners’ 3rd transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-07-27
Target CCM Hockey
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Birch Hill Equity Partners
Sellers(s) adidas
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

CCM Hockey

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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CCM Hockey is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of hockey equipment and related apparel. With operations in Canada, the United States, and Europe. CCM Hockey was founded in 1899 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Birch Hill Equity Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 5.0B CAD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Birch Hill Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in Canadian companies. Birch Hill targets growth oriented businesses valued between C$50 and C$1000 million. Sectors of interest include agriculture, communications, energy, environmental, entertainment, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, software, and technology. Birch Hill will not consider investments in real estate, pure commodity companies or start ups. Birch Hill Equity Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in Toronto, Canada.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 45
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 6
State (Quebec) 3 of 5
Country (Canada) 32 of 39
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-10 Cozzini Bros

Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

Cozzini Bros is a full-service provider of sharpening and other blade exchange programs for restaurants, grocery stores, commercial kitchens, cafeterias, hospitals and schools. While maintaining the heritage, values and customer focus, company have been encouraged by customers to invest in customized blade sharpening programs for a variety of equipment, and in developing sophisticated invoicing capabilities. Cozzini Bros was formed in 2003 and is based in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-10 Tidewater

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tidewater is a diversified midstream and energy infrastructure business with transmission, transportation, processing, marketing, and terminalling assets across Alberta and B.C. Tidewater provides solutions to upstream oil and gas producers to efficiently and sustainably get their products to market using Tidewater’s unique and integrated asset base. Tidewater was founded in 2015 and is based in Calgary, Alberta.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

adidas

Herzogenaurach, Germany

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Category Company
Founded 1920
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Employees58,007
Revenue 22.5B EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to an Adidas Group office in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Entrance to an Adidas Group office in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

adidas is a global producer of sporting goods and apparel. Its brands include Adidas, Five Ten, Reebok, TaylorMade, Adams Golf, and Ashworth. adidas was founded in 1920 and is based in Herzogenaurach, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector (Consumer Products) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 6
State (Quebec) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-10 TaylorMade

Carlsbad, California, United States

TaylorMade is a manufacturer of high-performance golf equipment, golf balls, and accessories with industry-leading innovative products like SIM2 metalwoods, SIM2 irons, P Series irons, TP5/TP5X golf balls, and Spider putters. A major force across the world's professional tours, TaylorMade has an unrivaled athlete portfolio that includes Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Matthew Wolff, Sung Hyun Park, Charley Hull, Maria Fassi, and Sierra Brooks. TaylorMade was formed in 1979 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

Sell $425M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-12 Reebok

Canton, Massachusetts, United States

Reebok is a producer of athletic shows and sports apparel. The Company was formed in 1895 and is based in Canton, Massachusetts.

Sell $2.5B