M&A Deal Summary

Wind Point Partners and Harvest Partners Structured Capital Acquire Gehl Foods

On March 27, 2015, private equity firms Wind Point Partners and Harvest Partners Structured Capital acquired food company Gehl Foods

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 8th and Harvest Partners Structured Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 46th and Harvest Partners Structured Capital’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Wind Point Partners’ 4th and Harvest Partners Structured Capital’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-03-27
Target Gehl Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Wind Point Partners
Harvest Partners Structured Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Gehl Foods

Germantown, Wisconsin, United States
Gehl Foods is a manufacturer of ready-to-serve, real dairy products like cheese sauces, puddings, yogurt, and dairy-based beverages. Gehl Foods was founded in 1896 and is based Germantown, Wisconsin.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Wind Point Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 7.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Wind Point Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquisitions of mid-sized companies operating in the business services, consumer products, healthcare services, and industrial products sectors. Wind Point looks to invest $60 to $130 million in companies valued up to $500 million. Prospective transaction types include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, and growth capital financings. Wind Point Partners began investing in 1984 and is based in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 83
Sector (Food) 8 of 13
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 25 of 42
State (Wisconsin) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 46 of 76
Year (2015) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-18 Vision-Ease Lens

Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

Vision-Ease Lens, Inc. (Vision Ease) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of ophthalmic lenses. It offers photochromic, light-responsive, polarized, and progressive line-free lenses; and lenses in polycarbonate, plastic, and glass materials.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-22 Argotec

Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States

Argotec LLC is a manufacturer of thermoplastic polyurethane films used in a wide range of industries and market segments, including automotive paint protection, glass lamination, medical, graphics, textiles, and other industrial applications.

Sell $280M
DESCRIPTION

Harvest Partners Structured Capital is a private investment group focused on minority position, non-control investments. The Group looks for businesses with $100 million to $1 billion in revenues where Harvest can commit $50 to $250 million. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer services, healthcare, industrial services, manufacturing, and distribution. Harvest Partners Structured Capital is a unit of PE Firm Harvest Partners. The Firm is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 31
Sector (Food) 2 of 4
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 5
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 30
Year (2015) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-30 Magnit

Folsom, California, United States

Magnit is a provider of contingent workforce management solutions through a managed services program (“MSP”) and cloud-based vendor management software (“VMS”). Magnit was founded in 1991 and is based in Folsom, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-20 VetCor

Norwell, Massachusetts, United States

VetCor owns and operates a national family of 272 veterinary hospitals employing over 4,700 veterinarians and supporting staff. VetCor hospitals provide a full range of general medical and surgical services for pets, as well as pharmacy needs and ancillary services such as boarding, grooming, and pet products. VetCor was founded in 1997 and is based in Norwell, Massachusetts.

Buy -