Kainos Capital Acquires Nutrisystem from Tivity Health for $575M
December 9, 2020
Kainos Capital, with a preferred and common equity investment from The Private Capital Group of MSD Partners, has acquired Tivity Health’s Nutrition Business — including **Nutrisystem** and **South Beach Diet** — for $575 million in cash. Tivity Health divested the business to focus on its core healthcare operations while Kainos plans to reestablish Nutrisystem as an independent, growth-oriented consumer nutrition company.
- Buyers
- Kainos Capital, The Private Capital Group of MSD Partners, L.P.
- Targets
- Nutrisystem, South Beach Diet
- Sellers
- Tivity Health
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Transaction Type
- Divestiture
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