Gildan Activewear Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Apparel/textilesCompany

Gildan Activewear has acquired 13 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Gildan Activewear’s largest acquisition to date was in 2011, when it acquired Gold Toe Moretz Holdings for $350M. Gildan Activewear has acquired in 7 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include apparel/textiles (93%) and agriculture (8%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity13
    • M&A Buy Activity13
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Gildan Activewear

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

600 de Maisonneuve West, 33rd floor,
Montréal, Quebec H3A 3J2
Canada,
(514) 735-2023
www.gildan.com

Gildan Activewear is a manufacturer and marketer of branded clothing, including undecorated blank activewear such as t-shirts, sport shirts and fleeces, which are subsequently decorated by screen printing companies with designs and logos. Gildan Activewear was founded in 1946 and is based in Montreal, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 12 - - 1 - - 13
vol $1.3B $168M $1.5B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  13

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Phoenix Sanford LLC 2021-12-13 168M USD Add-on Acquisition
Sanford, North Carolina · www.frontieryarns.com
Swift Spinning, Inc. 2017-01-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Columbus, Georgia · www.swiftspinning.com
Peds Legwear, Inc. 2016-07-27 55M USD Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.peds.com
Alstyle Apparel LLC 2016-05-04 110M USD Add-on Acquisition
Anaheim, California · www.alstyle.com
Comfort Colors 2015-02-04 100M USD Add-on Acquisition
Northfield, Vermont
Doris, Inc. 2014-06-19 84M CAD Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.doris.net
New Buffalo Shirt Factory, Inc. 2013-06-18 7M USD Add-on Acquisition
Clarence, New York
Anvil Holdings, Inc. 2012-05-03 88M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York
GoldToe-Moretz LLC 2011-04-12 350M USD Add-on Acquisition
Newton, New York · www.goldtoemoretz.com
Gold Toe Moretz Holdings Corp. 2011-04-11 350M USD Add-on Acquisition
, North Carolina
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Apparel/Textiles 12 (92%) 1.3B (89%) - -
Agriculture 1 (8%) 168M (11%) - -
Total 13 $1.5B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 10 1.3B - -
  New York 3 445M - -
  North Carolina 2 518M - -
  California 1 110M - -
  Alabama 1 125M - -
  Vermont 1 100M - -
  Kentucky 1 45M - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
Canada 2 139M - -
  Quebec 2 139M - -
Bangladesh 1 15M - -
Domestic 2 (15%) 139M (9%) - -
Cross-border 11 (85%) 1.4B (91%) - -
Total 13 $1.5B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 5 $1.1B
< $100M 7 $394M
TOTAL $1.5B
Largest Gold Toe Moretz Holdings Corp.
$350M (2011-04-11)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
15%
2 (15%)

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