Investment Summary

Coca-Cola Invests In Monster Beverage

On August 14, 2014, Coca-Cola invested in beverage company Monster Beverage

Investment Highlights
  • This is Coca-Cola’s 11th transaction in the Beverages sector.
  • This is Coca-Cola’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Coca-Cola’s 5th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-08-14
Target Monster Beverage
Sector Beverages
Investor(s) Coca-Cola
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Monster Beverage

Corona, California, United States
Monster Beverage is a major marketer and distributor of energy drinks and alternative beverages. The Company markets and distributes Monster Energy brand energy drinks, Monster Energy Extra Strength Nitrous Technology brand energy drinks. Monster Beverage was founded in 1990 and is based in Corona, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Coca-Cola

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1886
Sector Beverages
Employees79,100
Revenue 47.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Coca-Cola is a global brand and producer of beverages that operates Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero, Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid, Powerade, Aquarius, Dasani, Vitaminwater, Georgia, Simply, Minute Maid Pulpy, Del Valle, Ayataka, Bonaqua/Bonaqa, and Schweppes. Coca-Cola dates back to 1886 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 19
Sector: Beverages M&A 11 of 18
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 4
State: California M&A 5 of 7
Country: United States M&A 10 of 12
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-08 Nidan

Kotelniky, Russia

Nidan produced over 100 varieties of juice products, including 100% juices, nectars and fruit drinks, and covered all segments of the Russian juice market. Nidan was founded in 1998 and is based in Kotelniky, Russia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-17 China Culiangwang Beverages Holdings - Multigrain Beverage Business

Hong Kong, China

The China Culiangwang drinks operation is a provider of multigrain beverages with flavors such as red bean, walnut and oats.

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