M&A Deal Summary

PAG Acquires Vesco Foods

On September 15, 2022, asset manager PAG acquired food company Vesco Foods from Heat to Eat Holdings Pty.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PAG’s 4th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is PAG’s 5th transaction in Australia.
Investment Fate
  • Vesco Foods merged with another company in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-09-15
Target Vesco Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) PAG
Sellers(s) Heat to Eat Holdings Pty.
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Vesco Foods

Osborne Park, Australia
Vesco Foods is a producer of frozen ready meals with a market position in the private label/contract manufacturing segments primarily servicing the Retail channel. Vesco Foods was founded in 1974 and is based in Osborne Park, Western Australia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

PAG

Hong Kong, China

Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 30.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

PAG is a large independent alternative investment management group focused on private equity, real estate, and absolute returns. PAG’s private equity business, PAG Asia Capital or PAGAC, focuses on large-scale buyouts, control deals, and structured minority investments. PAG’s real estate strategy manages a series of real estate opportunity and core plus funds investing in properties in Japan, China and throughout Asia-Pacific. PAG’s absolute return business focuses on building long term relationships with its partners by offering a flexible range of financing solutions to meet short and long term funding needs. PAG was formed in 2002 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 26
Sector: Food M&A 4 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: Australia M&A 5 of 6
Year: 2022 M&A 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-15 Patties Food Group

Mentone, Australia

Patties Food Group is a provider of frozen savoury and frozen dessert pies, with key products including meat pies, sausage rolls and fruit pies. The company is known for some of Australia’s best-loved brands, including Four’N Twenty, Herbert Adams, Boscastle and Nanna’s, and Leader. Patties Food Group was founded in 1966 and is based in Mentone, Victoria.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-20 Shandong Fengxiang

Liaocheng, China

Shandong Fengxiang engages in the research and development, processing, and sale of chicken meat products from white-feathered broilers in China. It offers processed chicken meat products, raw chicken meat products, chicken breeds, and other products. Shandong Fengxiang was founded in 2010 is headquartered in Liaocheng, China.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Heat to Eat Holdings Pty.

Australia

Category Company
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Heat to Eat Holdings Pty. Ltd. is a producer of frozen ready meals.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-07 Prepared Foods Australia

Wacol, Australia

Prepared Foods Australia is a producer of frozen ready meals and components which currently serves the adjacent Health & Food Service channel.

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