M&A Deal Summary

The Scoular Acquires Hi-Pro Feeds

On April 30, 2014, The Scoular acquired food company Hi-Pro Feeds from Birch Hill Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is The Scoular’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is The Scoular’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is The Scoular’s 1st transaction in Alberta.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-04-30
Target Hi-Pro Feeds
Sector Food
Buyer(s) The Scoular
Sellers(s) Birch Hill Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Origin Merchant Partners (Financial)

Target

Hi-Pro Feeds

Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
Hi-Pro Feeds, Inc. is a manufacturer of animal nutrition and feed products for the animal nutrition industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

The Scoular

Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Category Company
Founded 1892
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

The Scoular Company operates as an agricultural marketing company.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Food) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Alberta) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-16 R O Mayes Grain

Petersburg, Virginia, United States

R O Mayes Grain Co. is a provider of grain elevators services in Virginia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-24 Legumex Walker - Special Crops Division

Canada

Legumex Walker - Special Crops Division is a merchandiser and processor of special crops, pulses, and associated healthy, specialty food ingredients.

Buy CA$94M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Birch Hill Equity Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 5.0B CAD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Birch Hill Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in Canadian companies. Birch Hill targets growth oriented businesses valued between C$50 and C$1000 million. Sectors of interest include agriculture, communications, energy, environmental, entertainment, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, software, and technology. Birch Hill will not consider investments in real estate, pure commodity companies or start ups. Birch Hill Equity Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 37
Sector (Food) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 17
State (Alberta) 2 of 2
Country (Canada) 19 of 30
Year (2014) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-06 Carmanah Design & Manufacturing

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Carmanah Design and Manufacturing is the dominant global supplier of stranders and flakers, used in the production of oriented strand board, and is one of the leading suppliers of debarking equipment in North America.

Sell CA$54M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-12 Motion

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Motion is a provider of mobility, respiratory and home accessibility products in Canada. Products include wheelchairs, walkers, scooters, stairlifts, ramps, ceiling lifts, homecare beds, and more. Through a network of outlets deliver comprehensive health care solutions to enhance customers’ quality of life increase their mobility and provide them a safe and accessible home environment. Motion was founded in 2001 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Buy $50M
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