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Bain Capital

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About this investor

Bain Capital is a private investment partnership with several strategies. Selected investments here include shared GAIL’s bakery-group backing, Valeo Foods and a controlling voting interest in publicly listed Canada Goose. [1][2][3]

These are selected investments, rather than a complete portfolio or shareholder register. Fund investments and client assets have separate ownership from the investment manager's corporate balance sheet. Each holding retains its evidence date and individual or shared investment scope. GAIL’s says no single owner holds a majority. Its investment involved a special-situations strategy, rather than establishing a corporate balance-sheet holding. Canada Goose's approximately 55.5% is voting power at 29 March 2026, not economic equity. [1][4][3]

Each card names the entity invested in. Linked companies and brands can sit below that entity. Stakes use the source’s definition and date; disclosures are selected and do not give a complete portfolio or investor register. Read the investor methodology.

Disclosed holdings & backing

Voting rights

Canada Goose Holdings Inc.

Approximately 55.5% combined voting power · 29 March 2026

Annual report voting-control snapshot ·

Approximately 55.5% is combined voting power at 29 March 2026, not economic equity. Multiple voting shares carry ten votes each. The separate 5 May security table identifies Bain Capital Integral Investors 2008, L.P. and its ultimate general partner. Dani Reiss / DTR is another disclosed shareholder; a complete register and a fresh October cap table are not established.

Evidence · 3 sources
Disclosed backing

GAIL’s / Bread Holdings and Grain bakery group

Shared investor; exact percentage not supplied

Company ownership page checked ·

GAIL’s states that no single person or business holds a majority. Neither Bain nor McWin is assigned individual majority control. The Bread Factory and The Bertinet Bakery are related group businesses included in search aliases, rather than separately counted investment platforms. The tax-strategy entity list does not establish every immediate parent-child step, a complete register or current individual percentages.

Evidence · 3 sources
Fund investment

Valeo Foods Group platform

Current portfolio investment; exact stake not disclosed

Current portfolio page checked ·

Bain's Current Investments list supplies the continuing relationship and 2021 entry year, without an exact current stake. The proposed sale of the Irish ambient-food business announced on 28 August 2026 remained conditional on approvals; completion was not verified. Search aliases cover separately evidenced UK-facing brands, without treating the automotive supplier Valeo or every geographically distinct food brand as part of this profile.

Evidence · 3 sources
Former holdings & portfolio changes
  • esure

    Ageas announced completion of its purchase from Bain on 30 September 2025. esure is a former Bain investment and is excluded from current holdings here. [5]

  • Valeo Foods Irish business

    The 28 August 2026 Irish ambient-food sale announcement was conditional on regulatory approvals. Completion was not verified; UK-facing brand aliases remain separately evidenced. [6][7]

  • GAIL’s

    The current FAQ names Bain, McWin, Luke Johnson and the executive team as shared owners. Historical acquisition headlines do not establish an individual Bain majority today. [1]

About & portfolio changes: sources · 7

Research reviewed . Sources for individual investments are included on their disclosure cards.

  1. 01
    GAIL’s ownership FAQ (opens in a new tab)

    GAIL’s · Current FAQ: Bain Capital, McWin, Luke Johnson and executive team; no single majority

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026
  2. 02
    Bain current investment portfolio (opens in a new tab)

    Bain Capital Private Equity · Current Investments: Valeo Foods, entry 2021

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026
  3. 03
    Canada Goose FY2026 Form 20-F (opens in a new tab)

    Canada Goose / SEC · Item 7, pp112–115: dated voting power, multiple voting shares and fund/general-partner identity

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026
  4. 04
    Bread Holdings investment agreement (opens in a new tab)

    Bain Capital · 14 September 2021: Credit special-situations strategy and partners; agreement rather than completion date

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026
  5. 05
    Ageas completes esure acquisition (opens in a new tab)

    Ageas · 30 September 2025: completion announcement

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026
  6. 06
    Proposed Irish business sale (opens in a new tab)

    Valeo Foods · 28 August 2026: agreement conditional on Irish regulatory approval

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026
  7. 07
    Valeo Foods current brands (opens in a new tab)

    Valeo Foods · Rowse, Kettle and Barratt brand evidence

    Accessed 10 Oct 2026