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American Nuts, a Portfolio Company of Gauge Capital, Acquires DSD Merchandisers

Add-on acquisitionclosedadd-onannounced Apr 12, 2022closed Apr 12, 2022Fact
What happened
Target
DSD Merchandisers
Platform
American Nutsadd-on basis: American Nuts, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DSD Merchandisers (“DSD”), a value-added distributor, category manager, and merchandiser of bulk products.
Control
Control
Share acquired
unknown
Industry
unknown
Target location
CA, US
Seller kind
unknown
Rollover
unknown
Values, only where disclosed
Enterprise value
Not disclosed
Purchase price
Not disclosed
Equity value
Not disclosed
Target revenue
Not disclosed
Target EBITDA
Not disclosed
Multiple
Not disclosed
Parties and roles
8 named
Buy side
  • Sam BanonDeal partnerconfirmed
    “Sam Banon, Principal at Gauge Capital, added, “We appreciate the trust that DSD has placed in American Nuts, and we look forward to building on the continued momentum of both businesses.””
  • American NutsPlatformconfirmed
    “American Nuts, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DSD Merchandisers (“DSD”), a value-added distributor, category manager, and merchandiser of bulk products.”
  • Gauge CapitalSponsorconfirmed
    “American Nuts, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DSD Merchandisers (“DSD”), a value-added distributor, category manager, and merchandiser of bulk products.”
Advisory side
  • Houlihan LokeyBuy-side adviserconfirmed
    “Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive debt advisor to American Nuts.”
  • Kroll, LLCSell-side adviserconfirmed
    “Kroll served as the exclusive sell-side M&A advisor to DSD.”
Side not stated
  • Urvesh KotechaManagementconfirmed
    “Urvesh Kotecha, Co-Founder of DSD, stated, “A combination of American Nuts and DSD creates a very exciting value proposition for customers going forward.”
  • Duncan LaveryManagementconfirmed
    “Duncan Lavery, Chief Executive Officer of American Nuts said, “We are thrilled to expand our partnership with DSD.”
  • DSD MerchandisersTargetconfirmed
    “American Nuts, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DSD Merchandisers (“DSD”), a value-added distributor, category manager, and merchandiser of bulk products.”
Evidence
“American Nuts, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of DSD Merchandisers (“DSD”), a value-added distributor, category manager, and merchandiser of bulk products.”
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