Houlihan Lokey Advises MidEuropa

Transaction: Hortex MidEuropa


Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that LX Vistula (Hortex), a portfolio company of MidEuropa, has completed an amendment of its existing debt facilities. The transaction closed on 14 December 2023.

Based in Poland, Hortex is one of the leading manufacturers of branded and private-label frozen food and beverage products in the region. The company mainly operates in Poland but has a strong footprint across Central Europe, with market-leading positions in key Baltic countries and a strong presence in local discounters, supermarkets, and small formats, including areas with sizeable Polish communities.

MidEuropa is a leading private equity firm focused on the growth markets of Central Europe. The firm partners with outstanding entrepreneurs and management teams to transform promising businesses into market leaders. Operating from London, Warsaw, and Bucharest, MidEuropa adopts a flexible pan-regional and global approach to identify winning investments across the consumer, healthcare, services, and technology sectors, providing deep holistic expertise to the firms it backs. To date, MidEuropa has raised and managed funds of more than €6 billion and completed 45 investments and over 250 add-on acquisitions across 18 countries.

Houlihan Lokey acted as the exclusive financing advisor to MidEuropa.

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