Brynwood Partners agreed to acquire a portfolio of brands from J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) for $ 375 million. The portfolio includes exclusive US rights to stable baked goods of the Pillsbury brand and Hungry Jack, White Lily Jim Dandy and Martha White . The Pillsbury brand is a household name, partly because of the popularity of its advertising mascot, the character Poppin's Fresh also known as Pillsbury Doughboy . The Pillsbury Trademark License Agreement is a perpetual copyright-free agreement with General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) encompassing all stable US bakery products, including flour, blends pastry and ready-to-use products. Spread the icing, in the retail channel. The transaction also includes the 650,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Toledo, Ohio, and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018, subject to the usual regulatory review in the United States. Smucker purchased Pillsbury as part of its acquisition of International Multifoods Corp. "The agreement has added to its portfolio a range of so-called center-of-store brands, including muffin blends and icings," Bloomberg News . "More recently, the trend toward healthy eating has drawn consumers to the perimeter of grocery stores in search of fresh produce and less processed foods.This change in taste and habits has challenged businesses packaged food products and reduces the growth of many well-known brands. "Smucker's flour, baking ingredients, baking mixes and icings account for approximately 5% of sales during the course of the year. Fiscal year 2017, down about 10 percent in 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Brynwood, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, specializes in business exclusions. " is a brand case for Brynwood Partners and marks the 52nd brand acquisition of the 19th corporate vendor through our long history, "says Brynwood President Ian MacTaggart Brynwood did not maintain an investment bank, but was advised by Holland & Knight LLP for legal matters.
Investment Board of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), through its subsidiary CPP Europe [S.à rl] and Silicon Valley TCV ] acquire together a minority interest in the sports data supplier Sportradar of the private equity firm EQT and the minority shareholders. The transaction values the company based in St. Gallen, Switzerland at 2.1 billion euros (2.4 billion dollars). Carsten Koerl founder and CEO, retains all of his majority stake and will continue to drive future growth and development. EQT also reinvests part of its sales proceeds in Sportradar. Other existing shareholders include: basketball legend Michael Jordan ; Ted Leonsis owner of Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ; Mark Cuban owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association ; and venture capital society Revolution Growth founded by Leonsis and America Online co-founder Steve Case .
Exhibitor a group network for women dealmakers that launched in 2017, is preparing for its first major event, called Exponent Exchange on July 12. The keynote speaker is Sallie Krawcheck who previously served as CEO of several banks, including Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Citi Private Bank and is now the CEO of Ellevest an online investment site for women. Other speakers include: Lisa Bernstein Global Head of Human Capital, Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO); Sarah Bradley partner, Kainos Capital ; Janet Cowell CEO, Girls who invest; Mary Kathleen Flynn Editor-in-Chief, Mergers & Acquisitions ; Jennifer Lu Executive Director, Moelis & Co. (NYSE: MC) Natalia Oberti Noguera Founder and CEO, Pipeline Angels