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Hostess Brands acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Hostess Brands bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Voortman Cookies Limited
Word for word“On January 3, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the shares of the parent company of Voortman, a manufacturer of premium, branded wafers as well as sugar-free and specialty cookies for approximately $ 328.7 million ($ 427.0 million CAD), reflecting final working capital and other closing statement adjustments.” 10-K for 2020
acquisitionOn January 3, 2020approximately $ 328.7 million ($ 427.0 million CAD)
In-Store Bakery operations (Superior on Main and private label products)
Word for word“On August 30, 2019, the Company sold its In-Store Bakery operations, including relevant trademarks and licensing agreements, to an unrelated party.” 10-K for 2020
divestitureOn August 30, 2019—
Voortman
Word for word“On January 3, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the shares of the parent company of Voortman, a manufacturer of premium, branded wafers as well as sugar-free and specialty cookies for approximately $ 328.7 million ($ 427.0 million CAD), reflecting final working capital and other closing statement adjustments.” 10-K for 2021
acquisitionOn January 3, 2020approximately $ 328.7 million ($ 427.0 million CAD)
In-Store Bakery operations
Word for word“On August 30, 2019, the Company sold its In-Store Bakery operations, including relevant trademarks and licensing agreements, to an unrelated party.” 10-K for 2021
divestitureOn August 30, 2019—
facility in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Word for word“During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a real estate purchase agreement to acquire a facility in Arkadelphia, Arkansas for a total purchase price of $ 11.5 million.” 10-K for 2021
agreed acquisition—$ 11.5 million
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2017-12-31$0—
2018-12-31$23.2 million—
2019-12-31$0—
2020-12-31$316 million$170.8 million
2021-12-31$0—
2022-12-31$0—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Hostess Brands’s annual reports (10-K for 2022, 10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2023-02-21. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.