M&A Deal Summary

NAFTA Fund of Mexico Acquires Pacific Star SA de CV

On June 1, 2006, NAFTA Fund of Mexico acquired distribution company Pacific Star SA de CV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NAFTA Fund of Mexico’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is NAFTA Fund of Mexico’s 3rd transaction in Mexico.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-06-01
Target Pacific Star SA de CV
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) NAFTA Fund of Mexico
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Pacific Star SA de CV

Mexico
Pacific Star is the leading independent provider of logistics and distribution services to the Mexican foodservice industry, operating a national distribution platform which serves mor than 1,00 delivery points in over 93 cities throughout  the country through this network, Pacific Star provides integrated inbound logistics and order placement services to Mexico´s leading restaurant chains, movie theater complexes and hotel chains.

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DESCRIPTION

NAFTA Fund is a private equity fund focused on investing in mid-sized Mexican companies that can grow under the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA Fund seeks to invest at least $2.5 million per transaction in growth companies that export to the US and Canada. The Fund seeks to be an active investor over a three to five year investment horizon in transforming local businesses into regional competitors. NAFTA Fund is based in Mexico City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Mexico M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2006 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-01 Grupo Editorial Armonia / Megazines Publicatios

Mexico

Nafta Fund´s investment has combined the competitive strengths of Grupo Editorial Armonia, one of the top three magazine publishers in Mexico, with those of Megazines Publications, a leading US Hispanic magazine publisher. With experince, Armonia provides valuable content generation capabilities to Megazines insert distribution model encompassing the top eight US Hispanic markets.

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