Harris Williams Advises TricorBraun on its Sale to Ares Management and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
March 04 2021 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in
M&A advisory services, announces it advised TricorBraun, a
portfolio company of AEA Investors LP (AEA), on its sale to funds
managed by Ares Management Corporation’s Private Equity Group (Ares
Management) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario
Teachers’). As part of the transaction, AEA will continue to hold a
minority stake in the company alongside Ares Management, Ontario
Teachers’ and the TricorBraun management team. TricorBraun is North
America’s largest primary packaging distributor and one of the
largest providers of packaging in the world. The transaction was
led by Bob Baltimore, Graham Gillam and Bill Greven of the Harris
Williams Specialty Distribution Group and Brandt Carr and Dan
Savage of the firm’s Industrials Group.
TricorBraun serves consumer packaged goods companies, from
cutting-edge start-ups to the world’s most iconic brands, and is a
critical packaging provider for the essential personal care and
household cleaning, food and beverage, and healthcare/nutraceutical
industries. From rigid to flexible packaging, stock and custom
capabilities, and countless options of materials, industries, and
markets served, TricorBraun’s range of packaging solutions sets it
apart. Serving customers since 1902, TricorBraun has grown to $1.5
billion in annual sales, with more than 1,100 team members in 50
locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
AEA was founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon and Harriman
family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co. as a private investment
vehicle for a select group of industrial family offices with
substantial assets. AEA has an extraordinary global network built
over many years which includes leading industrial families,
business executives and leaders; many of whom invest with AEA as
active individual investors (“Participants”) and/or join its
portfolio company boards or act in other advisory roles. Today,
AEA’s approximately 90 investment professionals operate globally
with offices in New York, Connecticut, London, Munich and Shanghai.
The firm manages funds that have over $15 billion of invested and
committed capital including the leveraged buyouts of middle market
companies and small business companies and mezzanine and senior
debt investments. AEA Private Equity invests across three sectors:
value added industrials, consumer and services.
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global
alternative investment manager operating integrated groups across
Credit, Private Equity, Real Estate and Strategic Initiatives. Ares
Management’s investment groups collaborate to deliver innovative
investment solutions and consistent, attractive investment returns
for fund investors throughout market cycles. As of December 31,
2020, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $197
billion of assets under management with more than 1,450 employees
operating across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Ontario Teachers’ is the administrator of Canada’s largest
single-profession pension plan, with $204.7 billion Canadian
dollars ($161.8 billion) in net assets, as of June 30, 2020. The
defined-benefit plan, which is fully funded as of January 1, 2020,
invests and administers the pensions of the province of Ontario's
329,000 active and retired teachers.
Harris Williams, an investment bank specializing in M&A
advisory services, advocates for sellers and buyers of companies
worldwide through critical milestones and provides thoughtful
advice during the lives of their businesses. By collaborating as
one firm across Industry Groups and geographies, the firm helps its
clients achieve outcomes that support their objectives and
strategically create value. Harris Williams is committed to
execution excellence and to building enduring, valued relationships
that are based on mutual trust. Harris Williams is a subsidiary of
the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC).
Harris Williams’ Specialty Distribution Group has experience
across a variety of sectors, including automotive and heavy duty
aftermarket; building products; consumer; electrical and
communications; foodservice; healthcare; industrial; and
technology. For more information on the firm’s Specialty
Distribution Group, visit the Specialty Distribution Group’s
section of the Harris Williams’ website.
The Harris Williams Industrials Group has experience across a
variety of sectors, including advanced manufacturing; building
products; chemicals and specialty materials; industrial technology;
and packaging. For more information on the firm’s Industrials Group
and other recent transactions, visit the Industrials Group’s
section of the Harris Williams website.
Harris Williams LLC is a registered broker-dealer and member of
FINRA and SIPC. Harris Williams & Co. Ltd is a private limited
company incorporated under English law with its registered office
at 8th Floor, 20 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4AB, UK, registered
with the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales (registration
number 07078852). Harris Williams & Co. Ltd is authorized and
regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Harris Williams &
Co. Corporate Finance Advisors GmbH is registered in the commercial
register of the local court of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, under
HRB 107540. The registered address is Bockenheimer Landstrasse
33-35, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (email address:
hwgermany@harriswilliams.com). Geschäftsführer/Directors: Jeffery
H. Perkins, Paul Poggi. (VAT No. DE321666994). Harris Williams is a
trade name under which Harris Williams LLC, Harris Williams &
Co. Ltd and Harris Williams & Co. Corporate Finance Advisors
GmbH conduct business.
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