M&A Deal Summary

Quadrant Private Equity Acquires Darrell Lea

On January 15, 2018, private equity firm Quadrant Private Equity acquired food company Darrell Lea for 200M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Quadrant Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Quadrant Private Equity’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Quadrant Private Equity’s 31st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-01-15
Target Darrell Lea
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Quadrant Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 200M USD

Target

Darrell Lea

Ingleburn, Australia
Darrell Lea is a manufacturer and distributor of chocolate, liquorice and other confectionery. Darrell Lea was founded in 1927 and is based in Ingleburn, Australia.

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Buyer

Quadrant Private Equity

Sydney, Australia

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 7.0B AUD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Quadrant Private Equity is a generalist Australian private equity firm focused on management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital investments in a broad range of industries. Quadrant prefers profitable businesses and looks to commit AU$70 to AU$150 million per transaction. The Firm will not consider investments in mineral exploration or primary agriculture. Quadrant Private Equity is based in Sydney.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 52
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 19 of 24
Country: Australia M&A 31 of 47
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-29 Fitzpatricks

Sydney, Australia

Fitzpatricks is a privately-owned, national advisory firm specialising in wealth preservation, estate planning and investment management, both their businesses and families. Fitzpatricks was founded in1987 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-19 Real Pet Food

Crows Nest, Australia

Real Pet Food is a supplier of chilled petfood. Real Pet Food was founded in 1994 and is based in Crows Nest, Australia.

Sell $770M