M&A Deal Summary

Henkel Acquires The Sun Products

On June 24, 2016, Henkel acquired consumer products company The Sun Products from Crescent Capital Group, Vestar Capital Partners, Ardian and HarbourVest Partners for 3.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Henkel’s 8th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Henkel’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Henkel’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Henkel’s 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-06-24
Target The Sun Products
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Henkel
Sellers(s) Crescent Capital Group
Vestar Capital Partners
Ardian
HarbourVest Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 3.6B USD

Target

The Sun Products

Wilton, Connecticut, United States
The Sun Products Corp. is a manufacturer and marketer of fabric care and household products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Henkel

Dusseldorf, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1876
Sector Consumer Products
Employees47,750
Revenue 21.5B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Henkel is a manufacturer and marketer of laundry, home care, beauty care, and adhesive products. The company offers adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings for various business areas, including packaging and consumer goods; mobility and electronics; and craftsmen, construction, and professional industries. Henkel was founded in 1876 and is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 34
Sector (Consumer Products) 8 of 17
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 27
State (Connecticut) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 9 of 15
Year (2016) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-03 The Procter & Gamble - Hair Care Brands

United States

The Procter & Gamble Co. - Hair Care Brands includes a portfolio of brands with major positions in the entry-level price segment. Major brands are Pert, Shamtu and Blendax, focusing on the shampoo segment. Key countries are Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-02 GCP Applied Technologies - Darex Packaging Technologies

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. - Darex Packaging Technologies is a supplier of high-performance sealants and coatings for the metal packaging industry around the world. It serves various global customers producing beverage, food or aerosol cans, ensuring with its solutions the highest quality standards for many best-known brands.

Buy $1.1B

Seller(S) 4

SELLER

Crescent Capital Group

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Crescent Capital is a provider of debt securities to middle-market companies. Crescent looks to issue senior bank loans, high yield bonds, mezzanine debt and distressed debt to fund a variety of needs. The FIrm's direct lending group looks to provide $10 to $30 million to sponsor-backed companies that generate $5 to $35 million of EBITDA. Crescent's mezzanine practice typically provides junior capital to support buyouts, recapitalizations, and refinancings. Crescent Capital was formed in 1991 and was originally known as TCW/Crescent Mezzanine. The Firm has offices in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 36 of 47
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 19
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 30 of 40
Year (2016) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 18
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-05 Insight Global

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Insight Global is a provider of employment solutions to Fortune 500 customers across the United States and Canada. Insight Global provides long-term, short-term, temporary-to-permanent, placement staffing, and enhanced staffing services. Insight Global was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-05 Systems Maintenance Services

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Systems Maintenance Services is a global provider of multivendor IT asset lifecycle services and support solutions. SMS’ advanced service portfolio includes: asset management, deployment, relocation, disposition, recycling, erasure, maintenance, and managed network and VOIP services. SMS supports more than 3,000 clients globally with physical locations across North America, Asia and Europe. SMS’ solutions include support for most datacenter brands including Cisco, IBM, HP, Dell, Oracle, EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, Lexmark and Xerox. Systems Maintenance Services was founded in 1981 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Buy -
SELLER

Vestar Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 11.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets management buyouts and growth capital investments across North America and Europe in the consumer, business services, and healthcare sectors. The Firm looks to invest $50 to $150 million in transactions valued up to $1 billion. Specific areas of interest include food, apparel, household goods, retail, consumer services, industrial services, information services, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, financial services, media/communications, digital health media, and medical technology. Vestar Capital Partners was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 66
Sector (Consumer Products) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 21 of 28
State (Connecticut) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 43 of 53
Year (2016) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-03 Veritas Collaborative

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Veritas Collaborative is a specialty hospital system for the treatment of eating disorders. Veritas Collaborative is based in Durham, North Carolina.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-11 StayWell

Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

Staywell is a health empowerment company that enables populations to improve health outcomes through the science of behavior change. Staywell was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sell -
SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 125.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €150 million per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 119 of 223
Sector (Consumer Products) 5 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 32 of 52
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 18 of 26
Year (2016) 11 of 17
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 34
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-20 Evergreen North America Industrial Services

La Porte, Texas, United States

Evergreen North America Industrial Services is a provider of industrial cleaning services to a range of process industries, including refining, petrochemicals, and utilities. Evergreen North America Industrial Services was founded in 2000 and is based in La Porte, Texas.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-27 Lyrestad Holding

Vastra Gotaland, Sweden

Lyrestad Holding consists of wind farms in Sweden providing a total capacity of 75.9MW. Lyrestad Holding is based in Vastra Gotaland, Sweden.

Buy -
SELLER

HarbourVest Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1978
PE ASSETS 86.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an investment firm that makes investments in new private equity partnerships, acquires secondary interests, and makes direct investments in operating companies. HarbourVest's largest investment area is investments in private equity funds, comprising of approximately 2/3 of HarbourVest's assets. HarbourVest's direct investment group looks for investments in growth oriented businesses at a variety of stages. The Group generally targets co-investments of $5 to $100 million, growth capital financings of $5 to $40 million, or mezzanine commitments of $5 to $20 million. Sectors of interest include software, hardware, data communications, telecommunications, and financial services. HarbourVest was formed in 1997 to assume the business of Hancock Venture Partners which was formed in 1982. HarbourVest Partners is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 75 of 134
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 28 of 58
State (Connecticut) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 48 of 85
Year (2016) 3 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 40
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-31 Infinite Electronics

Irvine, California, United States

Infinite Electronics is a supplier of engineering-grade radio-frequency technology products, operating under its proprietary brands for a global engineering base. IRF serves the high urgency, technical needs segment of the global RF component market, and differentiates itself through a broad selection of RF components available for same-day shipping, custom cable design and assembly capabilities for 250,000+ unique configurations, and significant technical expertise in bringing new products to the market and providing solutions for R&D engineers. Infinite Electronics was formed in 1972 and is based in Irvine, California.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-06 Envision Pharma

Horsham, United Kingdom

Envision Pharma is a global technology and scientific communication company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. Envision has grown steadily under consistent leadership across its three core business areas that include scientific solutions – strategic publication planning and related data dissemination services, technology Solutions – design, development, implementation, and support of innovative and strategic management software for life sciences clients including publication planning and management (DatavisionTM), clearance approval (dvClear), and activity request management (Visiontracker) and professional consulting solutions policy, process, compliance and guideline consultancy to life-science companies. Envision Pharma was founded in 2001 and is based in Horsham, United Kingdom.

Buy -