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Custom Culinary Acquires DM Foods

On November 23, 2005, Custom Culinary acquired food company DM Foods from CVC Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Custom Culinary’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Custom Culinary’s 1st transaction in South Korea.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-11-23
Target DM Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Custom Culinary
Sellers(s) CVC Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

DM Foods

Seoul, South Korea
DM Foods is a sauce and culinary flavor systems manufacturer that provides high-quality technically driven products and services for restaurant chains and large foodservice operators. The company focuses on development and delivery of high-quality authentic scratch-made value-added products. Product lines include sauces, concentrates and flavor systems in frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable formats.

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Buyer

Custom Culinary

Lombard, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Custom Culinary, Inc. is a manufacturer of bases, gravies and sauces for the foodservice industry. We apologize to any consumers who are looking to purchase our products in a retail outlet. We currently do not distribute our products to retail outlets or sell directly to consumers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: South Korea M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

CVC Capital Partners

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 177.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CVC Capital Partners is a global private equity firm focused on investments in large companies located in Europe, North America, and Asia. CVC looks for opportunities with stable cash flows and talented management, and will consider businesses in a variety of industries. Target sectors include textiles, industrial products, waste management, building materials, energy/utilities, business services, financial services, distribution, healthcare, media, semiconductors, and gaming. CVC can handle transactions valued from €200 million to €10 billion. CVC Capital Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 49 of 181
Sector: Food M&A 7 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 18 of 69
Country: South Korea M&A 3 of 6
Year: 2005 M&A 15 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-01 WiniaMando

Asan-City, South Korea

WiniaMando, Inc. is a manufacturer of kimchi refrigerator and air-conditioning units for domestic use. The kimchi refrigerator is a specially designed chest freezer/ refrigerator used to ferment and preserve Korea staple food, kimchi, or pickled vegetables.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-25 Formula One World Championship

Knightsbridge, United Kingdom

Formula One World Championship Ltd. is an organizer of racing championship, including the right to stage and promote the events, to sell broadcast footage (via Formula One Administration, and to offer sponsorship and hospitality packages (via APM and Allsport Management).

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