M&A Deal Summary

Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Acquires Catalyst Paper

On October 9, 2018, Paper Excellence Canada Holdings acquired forest products company Catalyst Paper

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Paper Excellence Canada Holdings’ 2nd transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Paper Excellence Canada Holdings’ 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Paper Excellence Canada Holdings’ 1st transaction in British Columbia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-10-09
Target Catalyst Paper
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Paper Excellence Canada Holdings
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Houlihan Lokey (Financial)
Stikeman Elliott (Legal)

Target

Catalyst Paper

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Catalyst Paper Corp. is a producer of mechanical printing paper and a recognized leader in sustainable business practices, Catalyst Paper manufactures a broad range of high quality products ideally suited to our times.

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Buyer

Paper Excellence Canada Holdings

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Category Company
Sector Forest Products
Employees2,300
DESCRIPTION

Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp. operates pulp and paper mills. Paper Excellence Group has grown through logical acquisitions from a single mill base to a multinational group producing 2.5 million tonnes paper and pulp with over 2,300 employees in the last few years.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Forest Products) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (British Columbia) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 2 of 2
Year (2018) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-31 Northern Pulp Nova Scotia

Abercrombie, Nova Scotia, Canada

The Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Pulp mill is located in Abercrombie Point, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and produces 275,000 tonnes per year of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp, primarily for export.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-11 Domtar

Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States

Domtar is a provider of a wide variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty and packaging papers, market pulp, and air-laid nonwovens. Domtar was founded in 1848 and is based in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Buy $3.0B
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