M&A Deal Summary

Ares Private Equity Group Acquires Axelum Resources

On January 1, 2017, private equity firm Ares Private Equity Group acquired food company Axelum Resources

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ares Private Equity Group’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Ares Private Equity Group’s 1st transaction in Philippines.
Investment Fate
  • Axelum Resources went public in 2019.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-01
Target Axelum Resources
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Ares Private Equity Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Axelum Resources

Metro Manila, Philippines
Axelum Resources is a food manufacturer and exporter of premium coconut products, offers a wide range of coconut white meat and coconut water products. Axelum Resources was founded in 1986 and is based in Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Buyer

Ares Private Equity Group

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 24.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ares Private Equity Group is the private equity arm of Ares Management, a global alternative asset manager. The Ares Private Equity Group specializes in opportunistic majority/shared control investments in under-capitalized middle-market companies. Ares looks for companies with strong franchises and attractive growth opportunities. The Group prefers to be the lead investor and will invest across the capital structure, including common equity, preferred equity, convertible equity/debt and senior debt. Areas of interest include business services, defense, healthcare, manufacturing, industrial, energy and consumer products and services. Ares Private Equity Group was formed in 2003 and is based in Los Angeles, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 64 of 126
Sector: Food M&A 2 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 14 of 31
Country: Philippines M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Helsby, United Kingdom

RSK Group offers environmental impact assessments, clean-up operations, and geotechnical analysis on major infrastructure projects in the UK and worldwide. RSK Group was founded in 1989 and is based in Helsby, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States

Birdsboro Power is a brownfield 488-MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generation facility. The project features the GE 7HA.02 gas turbine and a GE steam turbine, and will remediate and redevelop a site that was once home to a manufacturing facility. Birdsboro Power is based in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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