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Announcement
Hostess Brands Acquiring Voortman Cookies
Davies acted as Canadian counsel to Hostess Brands Inc. in its $425-million acquisition of Voortman Cookies Limited, a leading North American wafer and cookie company, from Swander Pace Capital. The acquisition diversifies and expands Hostess’s product offerings, providing it with a unique competitive position in the large and growing $8.4-billion cookie market.
The deal closed on January 3, 2020.
The Davies team that worked on this transaction included Brett Seifred and Stephen Dalby (M&A); Mark Firman (Employment & Labour); Elisa Kearney and Alysha Manji-Knight (Competition); Sharon Ford (Tax); and Alexandria Pike (Environmental).
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