M&A Deal Summary

Swander Pace Capital Acquires Incase Designs

On March 18, 2010, private equity firm Swander Pace Capital acquired consumer products company Incase Designs

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Swander Pace Capital’s 9th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Swander Pace Capital’s 26th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Swander Pace Capital’s 8th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Incase Designs was sold to a strategic buyer in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-03-18
Target Incase Designs
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Swander Pace Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) The Sage Group (Financial)

Target

Incase Designs

Chino, California, United States
Incase Designs Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of bags and accessories centered on the lifestyles of individuals who create on the Apple device platform.

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Buyer

Swander Pace Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 1.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Swander Pace Capital (SPC) is a private equity firm focused on investing in North American middle-market consumer products companies. SPC looks for companies exhibiting strong growth potential and sales of up to $500 million. Specific areas of interest include food/beverage, household products, health living, packaging, personal care, pet products, sporting goods, specialty apparel, and specialty distribution. Prospective investment situations include management-led buyouts, consolidations, divestitures, turnarounds, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. SPC was formed in 1996 and has offices in San Francisco, California; Bedminster, New Jersey; and Ontario, Canada.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 52
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 9 of 16
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 19 of 34
State: California M&A 8 of 13
Country: United States M&A 26 of 42
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-24 Insight Pharmaceuticals

Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States

Insight Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a consumer products company provides consumer OTC products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-08 SCN BestCo

Santa Cruz, California, United States

SCN BestCo is a manufacturer of gummy based nutritional products and dietary supplements for consumers of all ages. Santa Cruz Nutritionals develops proprietary formulations and a unique manufacturing process that deliver active ingredients through great tasting, high quality chewable products. SCN BestCo was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Cruz, California.

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