M&A Deal Summary

Eos and Cohesive Capital Partners Acquire Gulf Pacific

On December 6, 2022, asset manager Eos and private equity firm Cohesive Capital Partners acquired food company Gulf Pacific

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Eos’ 4th and Cohesive Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Eos’ 41st and Cohesive Capital Partners’ 28th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Eos’ 8th and Cohesive Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-12-06
Target Gulf Pacific
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Eos
Cohesive Capital Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)

Target

Gulf Pacific

Houston, Texas, United States
Gulf Pacific is a value-added packager and processor of high-quality specialty foods and ingredients, including healthy and organic rice varieties, rice flour ingredients, ancient grains, dry edible beans and spice blends. Gulf Pacific was founded in 1988 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Eos

New York, New York, United States

Category Asset Manager
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Eos is an investment firm with strategies covering private equity, public equity, and credit markets. The Firm targets businesses generating sales of $25 to $500 million and EBITDA of $5 to $50 million. Eos invests in businesses under-going ownership changes, divestitures, management buyouts or and recapitalizations. The Firm invests up to $100 million per transaction. Target sectors include business/outsourced services, alternative media/marketing, healthcare services, transportation/logistics, infrastructure/environmental services, energy, and financial services. Eos was formed in 1994 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 41 of 41
Sector: Food M&A 4 of 4
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: Texas M&A 8 of 8
Country: United States M&A 41 of 41
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-01 Metasource

Draper, Utah, United States

Metasource is a provider of technology-enabled BPO services with a focus on the financial services, healthcare, and retail industries. MetaSource offers a full range of services, including document processing, customer care, and content management solutions delivered via premise-based and SaaS-based platforms designed to help customers achieve organizational efficiencies, cost savings, and other strategic benefits. Metasource was founded in 2007 and is based in Draper, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-08 ShelterPoint Life

Garden City, New York, United States

short-term Life engages in the short-term disability market and is a provider of ancillary employee benefits through a network of over 6,000 agents and brokers, insuring more than 150,000 businesses and 1.4 million lives with licenses in 48 states and territories. ShelterPoint Life was founded in 1972 and is based in Garden City, New York.

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Buyer
DESCRIPTION

Cohesive Capital Partners is private equity co-investment firm. The Firm looks to invest and work alongside deal sponsors in small to mid-sized companies and will consider businesses operating in any sector. Prospective deal situations include buyouts, growth equity financings, and other opportunistic situations. Cohesive Capital Partners was formed in 2010 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 31
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Texas M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 28 of 29
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-13 siffron

Twinsburg, Ohio, United States

siffron is a provider of point-of-purchase merchandising and display solutions for retail applications. The Company sells the industry's broadest range of merchandising systems and accessories including shelf management systems, shelf-edge label holders, sign holders, hang tabs, hooks, fasteners, banner hangers, literature holders, and acrylic displays. siffron was founded in 1962 and is based in Twinsburg, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-14 Bulk Express

Miami, Florida, United States

Bulk Express is a professional transportation and logistics company providing long-haul transportation, collection, and loading of waste and other materials across the state of Florida. Bulk Express was founded in 1992 and is based in Miami, Florida.

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