Simpson Thacher is representing Cypress Group LLC and the shareholders of Meow Mix Holdings in the sale of all the issued and outstanding shares of Meow Mix Holdings, Inc. to Del Monte Corporation. Announced on March 2, 2006, under the terms of the definitive stock purchase agreement, Del Monte will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Meow Mix Holdings for an aggregate amount of $705.5 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
Simpson Thacher represented Cypress in the acquisition of Meow Mix from J.W. Childs Equity Partners II, L.P. in 2003 for roughly $432.5 million.
The Simpson Thacher team working on the transaction includes: Bill Curbow, Elena Centeio, Trinh Le (Corporate), Charles Rappaport, Hallie Grainer (Tax), Brian Robbins, Michael Richman (Benefits), Lori Lesser, Jennifer Rackoff (IP), Tim Mulvihill, Adeeb Fadil (Environmental), Krista McManus (Real Estate), and Rebecca Clar (Labor). Valuable help was provided by paralegal Amanda Laird and Joel P. Velez from Duplicating.