Merisant Company

PROFILE With nearly 20 brands Merisant has more than just an Equal share of the tabletop sweetener market. Fueled by Equal and its other flagship brand, Canderel, Merisant controls more than one-third of the market. Its aspartame-based products are sold in more than 100 countries; customers outside the US account for over half of its sales. Merisant was formed in 2000 when a group of investors (including Pegasus Capital Advisors, MSD Capital, and Brener International) bought the tabletop sweetener operations of biotech firm Monsanto. (Monsanto's NutraSweet-brand aspartame business -- a supplier to Merisant -- was sold to J.W. Childs Associates.) A Searle scientist discovered aspartame in 1965; Canderel debuted in 1979.  COMPETITION Cumberland Packing Corp. (dossier) Imperial Sugar Company (IPRL) Tate & Lyle PLC (TATYY)		FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Fiscal Year-End: December 1999 Sales (mil.): 400.00 Employees: 600 Revenue per employee: $666,666.67  KEY PEOPLE • Arnold W. Donald     CEO • Carl Warschausky     CFO  CONTACT INFO The Merchandise Mart, Ste. 900, 200 World Trade Center Chicago, IL 60654 US Phone: 312-840-6000 Fax: 314-657-1101 Online: Web Site

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