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8th July 2009 Mergers & Acquisitions

35 MORE ACQUISITIONS IN MAY/JUNE

11 were in beer, 9 in dairy, 4 in soft drinks, 3 in spirits and 3 in ingredients.

The US featured in 13, UK 8, China 5 and Denmark 3. Most were across borders. Almost every major economy was affected, but not Russia this time.

3 were Anheuser-Busch InBev divestments and 3 more were disposals by Dairy Farmers of Britain.

Apr 09

Sugar

Associated British Foods from UK completes purchase of Azucarera Ebro in Spain

May 09

Beer

Asahi from Japan completes purchase of 19.9% stake in Tsingtao of China from Anheuser-Busch InBev

$667 m

Foodservice

Canada’s MTY Food Group completes purchase of Country Style Food Services

C$16 m

Beer

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts from US buys Oriental Brewery of Korea from Anheuser-Busch InBev

$1.8 bn

Beer

China’s Chen Fashu buys 7% stake in Tsingtao from Anheuser-Busch InBev

$235 m

Bottled water

Romanian businessman loan Balan buys Bere Mures mineral water division from Heineken Romania

Dairy

Lala from Mexico buys National Dairy in US from Dairy Farmers of America

Beer

SABMiller from UK to buy remaining 28% of Kompania Piwowarska in Poland

$1.1 bn

Beer

Asia Pacific Breweries joint venture between Heineken and Fraser & Neave buys remaining 33% of APB Pearl in India from Jaipuria

$4 m

Dairy

Parmalat from Italy to buy some National Foods dairy assets in Australia from Kirin of Japan

A$70 m

Soft drinks

UK Aimia Foods buys Spring Cool Soft Drinks from Novbev

£3 m sales

Dairy

UK Meadow Foods buys Nene Valley Foods from Dairy Farmers of Britain

Spirits

Campari from Italy completes purchase of Wild Turkey in US from Pernod Ricard of France

$581 m

Beer

UK Molson Coors buys 50.1% of Cobra

£14 m

Jun 09

Beer

Poland’s Van Pur completes purchase of Koszalin brewery from Royal Unibrew of Denmark

DKK35 m

Ingredients

Barry Callebaut Sweden to buy Eurogran of Denmark from MISP Holding of Denmark

€28 m sales

Ingredients

US Sensory Effects buys emulsified powder business from Associated British Foods of UK

Dairy

UK Milk Link to buy Llandyrnog creamery from Dairy Farmers of Britain

Dairy

UK Lactalis to buy Lubborn creamery from Dairy Farmers of Britain

Dairy

US PepsiCo and Saudi Almarai joint venture International Dairy and Juice buys 75% of Jordan’s Teeba from Almarai

Meat

Brazil’s Sadia and Perdigão to merge and form Brasil Foods

Beer

China’s Tsingtao to buy Jinan Beer

$37 m

Beer

Norwegian investors to buy 80% of Arendal brewery from Carlsberg

Beverages

China’s Andre Juice and Uni-President form joint venture

RMB200 m

Dairy

US Kohlberg Kravis Roberts takes significant minority in China’s Modern Dairy

Soya

Dean Foods from US to buy Alpro from Vandemoortele of Belgium

€325 m

Flavours

Frutarom from Israel to buy Savory Functional Systems in Germany from Chr Hansen of Denmark

$7 m

Spirits

US Fortune Brands buys Effen vodka brand produced in Netherlands from Sazerac

$10 m sales

Spirits

US Sazerac buys Old Taylor whiskey brand from Fortune Brands

Fruit juice

US Sunny Delight owner Beverage Holdings buys superfruit assets of Bossa Nova

Dairy

Saputo from Canada to buy F&A Dairy activities in US

$140 m sales

Beer

Heineken to merge Kralovsky brewery with Drinks Union subsidiary in Czech Republic

Beer

Germany’s Oettinger to buy Braunschweig brewery from Carlsberg Deutschland

Dairy

Belgium’s Inza to buy Yogho! Yogho! and Choco! Choco! European brand rights from Netherlands’ FrieslandCampina

Packaging

Crown from US buys beverage can production facility from Interfood in Vietnam

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