M&A Deal Summary

Stonebridge Partners Acquires Specialty Bakers

On September 1, 2010, private equity firm Stonebridge Partners acquired food company Specialty Bakers

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Stonebridge Partners’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Stonebridge Partners’ 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Stonebridge Partners’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-09-01
Target Specialty Bakers
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Stonebridge Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Specialty Bakers

Marysville, Pennsylvania, United States
Specialty Bakers is a producer high-quality branded and private label baked products such as French Twirls™ (Crème Horns), Dessert Shells, Cake Rolls, and Angel Food Cakes. The products are distributed primarily to grocery stores, mass merchants and other retailers for sale in their “in-store” bakery sections. Specialty Bakers was established in 1901 and is based in Marysville, Pennsylvania.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Stonebridge Partners

White Plains, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 900M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Stonebridge Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in mid-sized privately-owned companies or divisions of public companies primarily serving the industrial or commercial marketplaces. The Firm 'particularly seeks companies where manufacturing equipment, processes, technology, patents, brand identity and/or reputation provide sustainable barriers to entry for potential competitors'. Target sectors include specialty manufacturing, value-added distributors, specialty packaging, building materials, and infrastructure. Stonebridge prefers businesses located in the US and Canada. Stonebridge Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in White Plains, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 21
Sector (Food) 1 of 1
Type (Recapitalization) 3 of 9
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 11 of 20
Year (2010) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-01 Hydraulex

Chesterfield, Michigan, United States

Hydraulex is a remanufacturer and distributor of all major makes and brands of quality hydraulic pumps, motors, valves/servo, and cylinders for a vast variety of industrial, mobile, mining and oil-field applications. Hydraulex Global was founded in 2010 and is based in Chesterfield, Michigan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-01 Alpha Packaging

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Alpha Packaging is a manufacturer of rigid plastic bottles and jars primarily for the nutritional, pharmaceutical, and personal care markets. Alpha Packaging is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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