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M&A Deal Summary

Marwit Capital Acquires H & W Foods

On December 1, 1995, private equity firm Marwit Capital acquired food company H & W Foods

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marwit Capital’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Marwit Capital’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Marwit Capital’s 1st transaction in Hawaii.
Investment Fate
  • H & W Foods was sold to a financial buyer in 2004.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1995-12-01
Target H & W Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Marwit Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

H & W Foods

Kapolei, Hawaii, United States
H&W Foods, through its subsidiaries Palama Meat Company and H&W Distributors, is one of the leading meat processing and broad line food distributors in Hawaii.

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Buyer

Marwit Capital

Newport Beach, California, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1962
PE ASSETS 200M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Marwit Capital Partners is a private equity group that targets West Coast based small company investments. Marwit generally invests $10 to $40 million of capital in businesses with $20 to $200 million of revenue. Marwit will consider both control and non-control situations. Prospective transactions include management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, and expansion financings. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, business services, consumer products and services, healthcare services, food, food services, restaurants, and fanchising. Marwit is licensed as a SBIC. Marwit Capital was formed in 1962 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 26
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 4 of 14
State: Hawaii M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 25
Year: 1995 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1995-12-01 Infotec Commercial Systems

Santa Clara, California, United States

Infotec was a leading provider of computer systems technical training and certification services to IT professionals in California, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. In 1995, Marwit sponsored the management buyout of the Company from Infotec Development, Inc. (“IDI”), a $100 million Southern California based systems integration firm. In 1998, the Company was recapitalized by management and new private equity investors, and Marwit’s original investment and equity interests were fully repurchased in the transaction.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-03-01 Ziff Davis

New York, New York, United States

Ziff Davis is a provider of Internet fax, virtual phone, hosted email, email marketing, online backup, unified communications, and CRM solutions. Ziff Davis was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.

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