Deal Details

Diversey Completes $692 Million IPO

Consumer
Industrial

Diversey IPO

Summary

Diversey Holdings, Ltd. (“Diversey” or “the “Company”) (NYSE: DSEY) recently completed an initial public offering of 46,153,846 shares of common stock at $15.00 per share, generating gross proceeds of approximately $692.3 million. Diversey intends to use the net proceeds to repay outstanding indebtedness.

Baird served as passive bookrunner on this offering.

About

Diversey is a leading global provider of high-performance hygiene, infection prevention, and cleaning solutions for the Institutional and Food & Beverage markets. In addition, they offer a wide range of value added services, including food safety and application training and consulting, as well as auditing of hygiene and water management. The Company’s Institutional business provides solutions serving end-users such as healthcare facilities, food service providers, retail and grocery outlets, educational institutions, hospitality establishments, and building service contractors. Diversey’s Food & Beverage business provides solutions serving manufacturers in the brewing, beverage, dairy, processed foods, pharma, and agricultural markets. The Company’s products improve customers’ hygiene, infection prevention, and cleaning results as well as their operational efficiency, which has led to deep and long-standing customer relationships. The Company serves more than 85,000 customers across in excess of 290,000 sites globally. The company is highly diversified across products and services, end-markets and geographies. Diversey’s global operations have broad exposure and a significant presence throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Diversey is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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Consumer
Industrial

Diversey IPO