London\/Munich \u2013 AURELIUS, a global private equity inves\u00adtor known for its opera\u00adtio\u00adnal approach, has reached an agree\u00adment to acquire Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal, the U.K. and Euro\u00adpean busi\u00adness unit of Hain Celes\u00adtial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN).<\/p>\n
Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal<\/strong> is a leading Euro\u00adpean plat\u00adform in the healthy and \u201cbetter-for-you\u201d food and beverage cate\u00adgo\u00adries and has a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of market-leading brands as well as exten\u00adsive private-label capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. The company opera\u00adtes in six core cate\u00adgo\u00adries: Baby & Kids (Ella\u2019s Kitchen), spreads & jellies (Hartley\u2019s, Sun-Pat, Robertson\u2019s, Frank Cooper\u2019s, and Rose\u2019s), soups (New Covent Garden Soup Co., York\u00adshire Proven\u00adder, and Cully & Sully), plant-based bever\u00ada\u00adges (Joya, Natumi, and Lima), meat alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adves (Linda McCart\u00adney), and desserts. With seven produc\u00adtion faci\u00adli\u00adties in the United King\u00addom, Germany, and Austria, Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal supplies leading food retail\u00aders, discoun\u00adters, food\u00adser\u00advice opera\u00adtors, and B2B custo\u00admers in the United King\u00addom, Ireland, and conti\u00adnen\u00adtal Europe. The company employs appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 1,500 people and gene\u00adra\u00adtes annual reve\u00adnue of about \u20ac600 million. <\/p>\n The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal will create an inde\u00adpen\u00addent Euro\u00adpean food and beverage busi\u00adness with leading brands and produc\u00adtion capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties across various cate\u00adgo\u00adries. With the support of AURELIUS Water\u00adRise, the company\u2019s opera\u00adtio\u00adnal advi\u00adsory team, Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal will expand its leading market posi\u00adti\u00adons, drive product inno\u00adva\u00adtion, broa\u00adden its private-label part\u00adner\u00adships, and opti\u00admize opera\u00adtio\u00adnal effi\u00adci\u00adency across its entire produc\u00adtion base and supply chain. <\/p>\n \u201cFollo\u00adwing the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons of Xylem Inc. and Grain\u00adger Inc. last year, Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal is our most recent Euro\u00adpean carve-out from a U.S.-listed conglo\u00adme\u00adrate. \u201cI am proud of our teams, who have made our mid-market plat\u00adform the prefer\u00adred part\u00adner for trans\u00adat\u00adlan\u00adtic carve-outs,\u201d says Tris\u00adtan Nagler, part\u00adner at AURELIUS and head of the London office. \u201cWe are very plea\u00adsed to become the owners of Hain International\u2019s well-known brands and look forward to working with the team.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThis is the fourth spin-off we have signed for Fund V since its closing last year. I am plea\u00adsed that our latest fund is gaining momen\u00adtum, espe\u00adci\u00adally given the chal\u00adlen\u00adging market envi\u00adron\u00adment,\u201d said Andrzej Cebrat, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of AURELIUS Funds IV and V<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to close by the end of 2026, subject to the satis\u00adfac\u00adtion of closing condi\u00adti\u00adons, inclu\u00adding regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals and an amend\u00adment to Hain Celes\u00adti\u00adal\u2019s credit agreement.<\/p>\n AURELIUS is being advi\u00adsed by Houli\u00adhan Lokey<\/strong> (M&A), Fresh\u00adfields and Shoos\u00admiths<\/strong> (legal), A&M<\/strong> (finance), BDO<\/strong> (tax), Food Stra\u00adtegy Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes<\/strong> (retail), and Haver & Mail\u00e4n\u00adder<\/strong> (anti\u00adtrust).<\/p>\n About AURELIUS<\/strong><\/p>\n AURELIUS is a globally active private equity inves\u00adtor that is distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhed by and widely reco\u00adgni\u00adzed for its hands-on approach. The firm focu\u00adses on private markets, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly private equity and private debt. Its key invest\u00adment plat\u00adforms include AURELIUS Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties V, AURELIUS Euro\u00adpean Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties IV, AUR Port\u00adfo\u00adlio III, and AURELIUS Growth. AURELIUS has grown signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly in recent years, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly through the expan\u00adsion of its global presence, and today employs more than 400 profes\u00adsio\u00adnals across ten offices in Europe, North America, and Asia. <\/p>\n AURELIUS is a renow\u00adned specia\u00adlist in complex invest\u00adments with opera\u00adtio\u00adnal impro\u00adve\u00adment poten\u00adtial, such as carve-outs, plat\u00adform builds, and succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning, as well as custo\u00admi\u00adzed finan\u00adcing solu\u00adti\u00adons. To date, AURELIUS has comple\u00adted more than 300 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions and has built a strong track record of deli\u00adve\u00adring attrac\u00adtive returns for its inves\u00adtors. The firm\u2019s approach is charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by an uncom\u00adpro\u00admi\u00adsing focus on opera\u00adtio\u00adnal excel\u00adlence and an unmat\u00adched ability to effi\u00adci\u00adently execute highly complex transactions. <\/p>\n www.aurelius-group.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London\/Munich \u2013 AURELIUS, a global private equity inves\u00adtor known for its opera\u00adtio\u00adnal approach, has reached an agree\u00adment to acquire Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal, the U.K. and Euro\u00adpean busi\u00adness unit of Hain Celes\u00adtial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN). Hain Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal is a leading Euro\u00adpean plat\u00adform in the healthy and \u201cbetter-for-you\u201d food and beverage cate\u00adgo\u00adries and has a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of market-leading [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n