Stake Purchase • Food

Endless Invests In Chaucer Foods

On January 1, 2012, private equity firm Endless invested in food company Chaucer Foods

Investment Context
  • This is Endless’ 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Endless’ 19th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Chaucer Foods was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016 for 130M USD.

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Investment Summary

Date January 1, 2012
Target Chaucer Foods
Sector Food
Investor(s) Endless
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target Company

Chaucer Foods

Hull, United Kingdom
Chaucer Foods is a global producer of freeze-dried foods and specialist bread products servicing major brands and businesses such as Kelloggs, Nestle and Unilever. Its expertise provides it with a unique market position, enabling it to meet and manage the supply chain challenges for a group of global customers on an exclusive basis. The company was formed in 1982 in the UK and now has manufacturing sites in the UK, France, USA and China.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Endless

Leeds, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Endless LLP is an independent private equity firm that targets management buyouts and turnaround investment opportunities in a variety of industries. Endless invests in UK based companies with generating sales of £10 to £1000 million. Endless can commit up to £80 million for each transaction in the form of equity and/or debt. Endless will not invest in startups or companies with less than £10 million of sales. Endless was formed in 2005 and has offices in Leeds, Manchester and Solihull.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 19 of 76
Sector: Food 2 of 7
Type: Stake Purchase 2 of 3
Country: United Kingdom 19 of 73
Year: 2012 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-06-10 Crown Paints

Darwen, United Kingdom

Crown Paints is an Anglo – Irish manufacturer and distributor of branded paint to the retail and trade sector. Crown Paints has two manufacturing sites in the North of England and a network of over 135 crown decorating centers across the UK and Ireland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-08 Webb Group

Burton upon Trent, United Kingdom

Webb Group Ltd. is a largest supplier of retail home entertainment products, including games, DVDs, music and gifts.

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