ICR and Weber Shandwick are advising the $1.35B sale of disposable tableware maker Waddington Group to consumer products giant Jarden Corp.
Jarden, which works with ICR on the financial communications front, owns dozens of well-known brands covering disparate consumer products like fishing reels (Shakespeare, Abu Garcia), baseball gloves (Rawlings) and cooking (Crock-Pot, Sunbeam).
Waddington, based in Covington, Ky., and controlled by a fund led by private equity firm Olympus Partners, makes disposable products for the foodservice industry under the WNA label in the US and Polar Pak in Canada. It also owns the Eco-Products green packaging line, based in Boulder, Colo.
Weber Shandwick EVP Liz Cohen is handling financial comms. for Jarden in the deal.
Rachel Wilson is VP of investor and financial relations for Jarden. Allison Malkin, senior managing director at ICR, reps Jarden on the IR front.
Edelman handles Viking Holdings, the river and ocean luxury cruise line that plans to raise $1B via an IPO priced in the $21 to $25 per share range.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
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