White Oak Global Advisors provided a $51.5 million commitment to provide senior secured term debt financing to HRB Brands LLC (“HRB”) to effectuate their acquisition of a portfolio of personal care brands from Helen of Troy Limited. The acquired portfolio includes the North American operations of 12 iconic and well-known brands such as Brut, Pert, Sure, and Ammens.

HRB, a portfolio company of Tengram Capital Partners (“Tengram”), is one of the largest independent branded personal care companies in North America. It holds leading market positions in the hair care and skin cleansing categories selling primarily to the Mass and Dollar channels. HRB’s existing portfolio includes iconic brands such as Zest, VO5, Coast, and LA Looks.

Andre Hakkak, CEO of White Oak commented, “White Oak saw this as an opportunity to partner with Tengram, one of the leading private equity groups focused exclusively on the consumer branded space, as well as with an experienced management team at HRB, led by its CEO Jim Daniels. HRB management has a demonstrated history of prior success with their well-known legacy brands and adding the strong brands acquired from Helen of Troy to the portfolio only enhances the overall value of the Company.”

Allan Marzen, Managing Director at White Oak added, “We are excited about the direction that Tengram and HRB management are taking the business and want to be a part of that success as their financial partner for many years to come.”

“We truly appreciated the professionalism and dedication that White Oak demonstrated throughout the process of our acquiring these exciting brands,” said Brian Cooper of Tengram. “They rode with us through the many twists and turns of the negotiations and at the end delivered on exactly what they said they would. We look forward to working with them as we grow HRB!”