M&A Deal Summary

Coleman Natural Foods Acquires BC Natural Foods

On August 28, 2006, Coleman Natural Foods acquired food company BC Natural Foods from American Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Coleman Natural Foods’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Coleman Natural Foods’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Coleman Natural Foods’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-08-28
Target BC Natural Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Coleman Natural Foods
Sellers(s) American Capital
Deal Type Merger

Target

BC Natural Foods

Petaluma, California, United States
BC Natural Foods LLC is an integrated producer, distributor and marketer of organic and natural fresh chicken meat. It was the first company to sell chicken with the U.S. Department of Agriculture certification for organic poultry, trademarked as Rosie the Organic Chicken.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Coleman Natural Foods

Golden, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 1875
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Coleman Natural has pioneered the natural and organic animal raising practices that represent the highest standard of meat production in the United States.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

American Capital


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 22.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

American Capital was a publicly traded buyout and mezzanine investment firm. American Capital invested in buyouts, growth capital financings, acquistion financings, and recapitalizations. The Firm looked to finance businesses with at least $4 million in EBITDA and valued between $20 and $500 million. American Capital ws a generalist firm with broad interest in traditional industries such as manufacturing, distribution, and services. American Capital's European investment affiliate is European Capital. European Capital looked to invest $10 to $600 million of equity, mezzanine, and/or senior debt in similar opportunities across Europe. American Capital was formed in 1997 and in January 2017, merged with Ares Capital Management.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 194
Sector: Food M&A 2 of 9
Type: Merger M&A Deals 5 of 10
State: California M&A 8 of 30
Country: United States M&A 47 of 186
Year: 2006 M&A 17 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-08-28 FCC

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

FCC is a national private career college that owns and operates 33 campuses under various brands in 14 states. FCC offers certificate, associate, bachelor and master degree programs in allied health, massage therapy, information technology, and business.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-01 Aeriform

Houston, Texas, United States

Aeriform Corp. is a petroleum marketing, distribution and convenience store company in the Midwest.

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