M&A Deal Summary

TSG Consumer Partners Acquires COMPOUND W

On January 1, 1996, private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners acquired consumer products company COMPOUND W from Wyeth

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TSG Consumer Partners’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is TSG Consumer Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1996-01-01
Target COMPOUND W
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) TSG Consumer Partners
Sellers(s) Wyeth
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

COMPOUND W

United States
COMPOUND W is a provider of wart removal products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

TSG Consumer Partners

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 14.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

TSG Consumer Partners (formerly known as The Shansby Group) is a specialist private equity firm focused on acquiring and building mid-sized, branded consumer companies. TSG invests in private and publicly traded companies, and will consider both majority and minority equity positions. Specific sectors of interest include apparel, beauty, e-commerce, personal care, retail, food/beverages, restaurants, health/wellness, household products, and pet care. TSG looks for companies with sales between $20 million and $1.5 billion and can invest commit up to $500 million per transaction. TSG Consumer Partners was formed in 1987 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 62
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 18
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 2 of 55
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1988-12-22 Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Co.

Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

Formed in 1975, Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Co. L.L.C. is a manufacturer of chocolate chip cookies based in Elmhurst, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-05 Garden of Eatin

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Garden of Eatin', Inc. is a producer of over 15 varieties of unique all natural tortilla chips, from Red Hot Blues to Chili & Lime, that are made with organic corn and no genetically engineered ingredients.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Wyeth

Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1860
Sector Life Science
Employees50,000
Revenue 22.4B USD (2008)
DESCRIPTION

Wyeth is a research-driven pharmaceutical and health care products company. It discovers, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, vaccines, biotechnology products, nutritionals and non-prescription medicines. The Company’s major divisions include Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Fort Dodge Animal Health.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 1 of 3
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-11-01 ICREO Co.

Tokyo, Japan

Infant Milk Formula manufacturing & distribution.

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