About This Deal

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO acquired Dallas Manufacturing Company (National Consumers Outdoors Corp.) for $61 million, a transaction announced in December 2015, structured as Asset purchase (pet bedding business and certain assets).

Dallas Manufacturing Company (National Consumers Outdoors Corp.) operates in Pet, is based in United States. Central Garden & Pet agreed to purchase the pet bedding business and certain other assets of National Consumers Outdoors Corp., formerly known as Dallas Manufacturing Company (DMC), an industry-leading dog and cat bedding company. DMC's management team joined Central. Bedding was described as the fifth-largest category in dog and cat supplies at the time.

Fits Central's strategy of building a portfolio of growing businesses and categories, adding a leading position in the growing dog and cat bedding category as a complement to Central's broad pet products portfolio.

Deal Terms

Acquirer
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
Target
Dallas Manufacturing Company (National Consumers Outdoors Corp.)
Value
$61 million
Date
December 2015
Type
Acquisition
Status
Official-source — no SEC filing

Transaction Details

Target HQ
United States
Segment
Pet
Structure
Asset purchase (pet bedding business and certain assets)
Announced
December 1, 2015

Advisors

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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