Investment Summary

Cerberus Capital Management Invests In Avon Products

On December 17, 2015, asset manager Cerberus Capital Management invested in consumer products company Avon Products

Investment Highlights
  • This is Cerberus Capital Management’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Cerberus Capital Management’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Avon Products was sold to a strategic buyer in 2019.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-12-17
Target Avon Products
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) Cerberus Capital Management
Deal Type PIPE

Target

Avon Products

London, United Kingdom
Avon brings beauty to the lives of women all over the world. At Avon, beauty means finding the right lipstick shade for a customer; providing an earnings opportunity so a woman can support her family; and enabling a woman to get her first mammogram. It’s about championing economic empowerment and improving the lives of women around the world. Avon Products was founded in 1886 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Cerberus Capital Management

New York, New York, United States

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 55.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that targets a wide range of global investments. Cerberus primarily looks for undervalued or distressed situations. Industry sectors of interest include aerospace and defense, apparel, automotive and industrial, building products, commercial services, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, paper, packaging, and printing, real estate, technology, telecommunications, transportation, and travel. In addition to private equity investing, Cerberus also provides corporate credit and acquires real estate. Cerberus was formed in 1992 by Steve Feinberg and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 93
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 3
Type: PIPE M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 6 of 6
Year: 2015 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-08 PaxVax

Redwood City, California, United States

PaxVax, Inc. is a fully integrated specialty vaccine company with a mission to develop, manufacture and commercialize innovative vaccines against infectious diseases in a socially responsible manner. PaxVax is based in Redwood City, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-04 Renovalia Energy

Madrid, Spain

Renovalia Energy specializes in the promotion, production, management and sale of electricity generated through renewable energy sources (wind power, photovoltaic power and small hydro power). Renovalia Energy was founded in 1998 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

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