Deal Details

Evriholder Is Sold to Kainos

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Evriholder, a portfolio company of Edgewater and JZ, sale to Kainos

Summary

Evriholder Products (“Evriholder” or the “Company”), a portfolio company of The Edgewater Funds (“Edgewater”) and JZ Partners ("JZ"), has been sold to Kainos Capital (“Kainos”).

Baird served as the exclusive financial advisor to Evriholder, Edgewater and JZ on this transaction.

About

Evriholder Products is a designer, developer and distributor of household, kitchen and personal care products. The Company offers products to a large customer base across key brick and mortar and online channels throughout North America and internationally. The Company is a strategic partner to the country’s leading retailers with strong brand recognition and a reputation within the industry for consistent product innovation, responsiveness, high-quality customer service and rapid speed to market capabilities. Evriholder is headquartered in Brea, California.

The Edgewater Funds is a private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market companies, with over $3.0 billion of capital commitments raised since 2001. Edgewater is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

JZ has an established track record of investing alongside the owners and management teams of privately held businesses to build successful companies and create long-term value. The principals of JZ have made more than 300 investments, representing an aggregate of over $4 billion, since 1986. JZ is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York.

Kainos Capital is an investment firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas with an exclusive focus on the food and consumer industries. Since inception, the Kainos team has completed over 40 transactions with a total transaction value of approximately $6 billion.

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Evriholder, a portfolio company of Edgewater and JZ, sale to Kainos