Houlihan Lokey Advises Duke Street

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Duke Street has acquired a majority stake in COMPO Consumer (COMPO) from Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group.

Founded in 1956, COMPO is a leading provider of branded products for plants in the home and garden. Its diverse product portfolio offers retailers and consumers “bio” alternatives to traditional gardening product solutions, positioning COMPO ahead of its competitors in terms of sustainability. The company owns unrivalled production and distribution infrastructure and operates through several well-established brands widely familiar to consumers across Europe.

Founded in 1994, Duke Street is a leading middle-market private equity firm that has invested over €2.5 billion across more than 50 companies and has achieved strong returns in excess of 25% IRR over the past 25 years. Duke Street has a particular focus on consumer, healthcare, industrials, and services companies with enterprise values between £50 million and £400 million. Its investment strategy is based on proactive analysis to identify actionable opportunities to back ambitious management teams to drive real strategic and operational change in their businesses.

The partnership with Duke Street provides COMPO with an opportunity and base to build on its diversified business through both organic and acquisitive means as it seeks to expand its product offering across Europe.

Houlihan Lokey acted as the exclusive financing advisor to Duke Street to arrange, structure, and negotiate the financing for the acquisition.