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M&A Deal Summary

EagleTree Capital Acquires American Seafoods

On August 1, 2008, private equity firm EagleTree Capital acquired food company American Seafoods

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EagleTree Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is EagleTree Capital’s 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is EagleTree Capital’s 2nd transaction in Washington.
Investment Fate
  • American Seafoods was recapitalized in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-08-01
Target American Seafoods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) EagleTree Capital
Deal Type Going Private

Target

American Seafoods

Seattle, Washington, United States
American Seafoods is a catcher-processor of Alaska pollock in U.S. Bering Sea and a harvester of fish for human consumption in United States. The Company owns protected rights to harvest pollock and also holds the right to participate in three other fisheries, including pacific whiting (hake), yellowfin sole, and pacific cod. American Seafoods was founded in 2000 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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EagleTree Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 4.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EagleTree Capital is an independent private equity and investment firm focused on mid-market leveraged buyouts. The Firm's buyout group looks to invest $50 to $200 million to support acquisitions of profitable companies in the media/communications, consumer products, and water/industrial products and services sectors. EagleTree Capital was formerly known as Wasserstein Partners, an investment firm formed by Bruce Wasserstein, the late CEO of investment bank Lazard Freres. EagleTree Capital is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 47
Sector: Food M&A 3 of 5
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Washington M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 18 of 45
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-01 Encompass Digital Media

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Encompass Digital Media is a provider of outsourced mission-critical channel origination and broadcast services to cable networks and government entities. Encompass supports over 300 cable channels globally through its facilities in the United States, the UK and Singapore. It also provides ancillary services including digital archiving, 24/7/365 quality control, disaster recovery, transportable fiber and satellite services and production & editing facilities. Encompass Digital Media was founded in 2007 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-27 Harry & David

Medford, Oregon, United States

Harry & David is a marketer of branded premium fresh fruit and gourmet foods. Harry & David markets its products through catalogs distributed through the mail, the Internet, business-to-business and consumer telemarketing, Harry & David was formed in 1886 and is based in Medford, Oregon.

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