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4th November 2009 Mergers & Acquisitions

28 ACQUISITIONS IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

Out of 28 transactions recorded in September and October, 12 were in soft drinks, 7 in dairy and 6 in alcoholic drinks.

The biggest was Suntory’s €2.6 billion deal to buy Orangina Schweppes. The other main story was Anheuser-Busch InBev’s disposal of its central European operations to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for US $2.2-3.0 billion.

26 countries were involved, with France being the most active. 14 were single country affairs.

Sep 09 Cheese New Zealand’s Kaimai buys Te Mata
Wine KWV from South Africa buys outstanding 50% of Golden Kaan brand from Racke of Germany
Soft drinks US Coca-Cola buys less than 20% of Zico coconut water producer
$15m
Soft drinks SABMiller from UK to buy Maheu non-alcoholic maize drink in Zambia from Trade Kings
$19m
Dairy China’s Heilongjiang Wondersun Dairy to buy farms and processing plants from Synutra
$29m
Fruit juice France’s La Martiniquaise buys Caraïbos
Beer Carlsberg from Denmark to increase stake from 16% to 30% in Habeco of Vietnam
Fruit juice Serbia’s Knjaz Milos, part of Danube Foods Group, buys Moc Prirode juice brand from Agroeconomik
Soft drinks Russia’s Decka to buy Stepan Timofeyevich kvas brand from Heineken of Netherlands
Soft drinks Suntory from Japan to buy Orangina Schweppes in France from Blackstone and Lion Capital private equity firms
€2.6bn
Soft drinks US Pepsi Bottling Group and Catterton Partners make equity investment in ONE coconut water producer
Dairy Andros from France to buy Cantabria dairy plant from Leche Pascual of Spain
Bottled water Advent International private equity firm from Luxembourg to buy 75% of Devin in Bulgaria from Soravia property company of Austria
Spirits Poland’s CEDC buys Parliament Vodka
Wine France’s Boisset buys Antonin Rodet from Sequana
Dairy Agropur from Canada buys Michigan operations of Farmland Dairies in United States
Dairy Lala from Mexico to buy Farmland Dairies and Promised Land of United States
Soft drinks Japan’s Sapporo to buy 22% of Pokka from Advantage Partners and other investors
$111m
Wine Australia’s Oatley Wines to buy Cumbandry Vineyard from Foster’s
Bottled water Wahaha from China to buy out remaining 51% of joint venture with Danone of France
Dairy Netherlands’ DeltaMilk to buy Bleskensgraaf cheese plant from FrieslandCampina
Dairy France’s Alsace Lait buys Savoie Yaourt
€15 m
sales
Oct 09 Soft drinks Germany’s Radeberger, part of Oetker group, buys 51% of Bionade from Egon Schindel
€20 m
est
Ingredients Dairygold from Ireland to buy Solailoire of France
Beer CVC Capital Partners private equity firm from UK to buy central European operations of Anheuser-Busch InBev from Belgium
$2.2-
3.0 bn
Soft drinks France’s Laiterie de Saint-Denis-de-l’Hôtel buys L’Abeille from Duke Street Capital
€40 m
sales
Coffee SLAP from Canada to buy coffee processor in China
Sugar Savola from Saudi Arabia to buy outstanding minority stakes in Egyptian and Saudi sugar units of Tate & Lyle from United Kingdom
$64 m
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