Each year, we are grateful for the opportunity to invest in market-leading companies alongside outstanding management teams. In 2024, we achieved significant milestones across both investments and firmwide initiatives.

We invested in a new platform company in our Consumer sector, Roland Foods, a branded purveyor of fine global ingredients serving the foodservice industry for over 90 years, exemplifying our thematic investment approach. We also partnered with portfolio companies to drive growth, completing ten add-on acquisitions.

We delivered meaningful realizations, including the sale of Nonni’s to CTH Invest, a Ferrero-related company, as well as dividends at Quest and Presence. Following the new year, we reached an agreement to sell Simple Mills to Flowers Foods. Lastly, we completed our first single-asset continuation vehicle for Circana, providing liquidity options for investors while securing growth capital for the Company. These milestones underscore our commitment to returning capital to our investors and co-investors.

Beyond our portfolio, we take pride in the impact of our work through our ESG and DEI programs. Guided by our core values of integrity, transparency, and respect, we emphasize diverse perspectives and an impact-oriented approach to investing.

As we look ahead to 2025, our focus remains on supporting our portfolio companies, driving growth, creating value, and delivering strong realizations to our investors and co-investors. Thank you for your continued trust and support as we embark on this journey together.

Your Partners at Vestar

Vestar Launches it’s First Single-Asset Continuation Vehicle for Circana

In April 2024, Vestar announced the closing of a $1.2 billion single-asset continuation vehicle for its stake in Circana, a leading global advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. Through this process, Vestar was able to establish an attractive alternative for existing Vestar investors to consider full and partial liquidity or rollover while providing the Company with access to committed capital for accretive initiatives. We are excited to reaffirm our support of Circana and its management team.

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New Platform Investment

In July 2024, Vestar invested in Roland Foods, a leading branded purveyor of fine global ingredients serving the foodservice industry for over 90 years. Based on Vestar’s thematic expertise, we believe Roland is well positioned in a large and attractive end market, with many favorable business fundamentals.

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Realizations

Our Commitment to ESG & DEI

Given recent events and resultant priorities, at Vestar, we have committed to be best-in-class in our ESG & DEI programs. We proudly uphold our ESG pledge to promote DEI principles with transparency and accountability at the firmwide and portfolio level.

Vestar Charitable Foundation

Seeded by the firm, our Foundation seeks to sponsor meaningful causes and match all charitable employee contributions. This year, we are excited to support these new organizations:

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Diverse Recruiting Initiatives

We partner with Seizing Every Opportunity (“SEO”) Scholars and Management Leadership for Tomorrow (“MLT”) to provide career opportunities for students from underserved backgrounds.

Firmwide Volunteer Day

In 2024, Vestar teamed up with Apex for Youth to pack over 450 back-to-school bags. Apex for Youth empowers underserved Asian and immigrant youth from low-income families in NYC to help them unlock their potential and a world of possibility. We are proud to volunteer locally and help our community build the next generation of tomorrow’s change makers.

— Ken O’Keefe, Kimberly Lu, and Alyssa Stropoli