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3rd December 2010 Mergers & Acquisitions

40 ACQUISITIONS IN NOVEMBER

November was a highly energetic month for transactions, with 8 in a single day and 40 overall, the largest by far being a private equity deal over Del Monte Foods for more than $5 billion.

9 were in alcohol, 8 each in dairy and general food, 5 in water coolers, 3 each in ingredients and packaging, and finally 2 each in coffee and soft drinks.

There was a wide spread across 28 countries, led by the US featuring in 10, the UK in 5, Australia, Germany and Russia in 4 each, France, Ireland, Israel and Switzerland in 3 each.

December has kicked off to a high scoring start, with PepsiCo settling for a 66% stake in Russia’s Wimm-Bill-Dann only yesterday.

SepBottled
water
Yanlong Shanghai from China buys Dew South of Australia
NovDairyUS Dairy Farmers of America buys Castro Cheese
Water
coolers
UK PHS buys Premier Water Coolers
SpiritsBelvedere from France sells assets of Florida Distillers$48m
DairySri Lanka’s Cargills buys 73% of Kotmale
Soft drinksUS Coca-Cola Consolidated to buy majority interest in Fast Forward Energy
IngredientsBelgium’s Azelis buys YDS Chemicals
Water
coolers
US DS Waters buys Echota Beverage Group
Water coolersUS DS Waters buys Mount Olympus Waters
FoodGrupo Bimbo from Mexico to buy North American bakery business from Sara Lee of US$959m
DairyAustralia’s Bega Cheese to buy 15% stake in Warrnambool Cheese and ButterA$22m
IngredientsKerry from Ireland buys Key Essentials of US from Agilex
BeerCarlsberg from Denmark increases stake from 50% to 90% in Gorkha of Nepal from Khetan
DairyEmmi from Switzerland to buy Onken yogurt brand distribution rights from Dr Oetker of GermanyCHF 75m
sales
SpiritsRussian Standard Vodka buys Buinsky distillery from Tatspirtprom$20m
FoodIreland’s Greencore to merge with Northern Foods of UK and create new company Essenta Foods£1.7bn
sales
PackagingBrambles from Australia to buy IFCO Systems of Netherlands€923m
Soft drinksR J Corp from India to buy PepsiCo bottling operations in Bhutan
WineSpain’s Baron de Ley buys Carbonere-Bergasa estate€923m
AlcoholJ F Hillebrand from Germany buys Lagena Distribution in Sweden from Systembolaget of Sweden
PackagingOwens-Illinois from US to buy Verrerie du Languedoc glass factory in France
BeerRwanda’s Government to sell 30% stake in Bralirwa
DairyChina’s Mengniu to buy 51% of Junlebao yogurt producer$75m
FoodKerry from Ireland to buy frozen bakery business in Australia from General Mills of US
FoodSlovenia’s Atlantic Grupa completes purchase of Droga Kolinska from Istrabenz €243m
BeerSABMiller from UK buys Cerveceria Argentina from Warsteiner of Germany
Biscuits Tiger Brands from South Africa buys Deli Foods Nigeria
DairyDanone from France to buy YoCream International frozen yogurt producer in US$103m
DairyRussia’s Wimm-Bill-Dann buys Moloko Isilkulya
FoodTiger Brands from South Africa to buy 49% of UAC food and beverage interests in Nigeria
Ingredients UK Tate & Lyle to buy molasses business of W&R Barnett£67m
Water coolersEden Springs from Israel buys French water cooler operations from Nestlé of Switzerland€9.5m
Water
coolers
Nestlé from Switzerland buys German water cooler operations from Eden Springs of Israel€9.6m
FoodUS Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and other private equity firms to buy Del Monte Foods $5.3bn
CoffeeStrauss from Israel buys LeCafe brand and 51% of Le Cafe Group in Russia$43m
BeerDamm from Spain buys minority stake in United States Beverage distributor
Ice creamNestlé from Switzerland buys remaining 11% stake in LB Bulgaricum of Bulgaria from Bulgaria’s Government
AlcoholCentral European Distribution Corporation from Poland to buy final 20% of Whitehall Group in Russia plus other brand rights$91.5m
CoffeeSara Lee from US buys Cafe Damasco of Brazil$60m
PackagingPetainer from UK buys Rostiprimpac PET manufacturer of Sweden from Møller Maersk
FoodMalaysia’s Asian Citrus completes purchase of BPG Food & Beverage
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