M&A Deal Summary

Advantage Partners and Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Acquire Komeda

On April 1, 2008, private equity firm Advantage Partners and Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage acquired franchising company Komeda for 146M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advantage Partners’ 1st and Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage’s 1st transaction in the Franchising sector.
  • This is Advantage Partners’ and Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Advantage Partners’ 27th and Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage’s 1st transaction in Japan.
Investment Fate
  • Komeda was sold to a consortium of buyers in 2013 for 448M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-01
Target Komeda
Sector Franchising
Buyer(s) Advantage Partners
Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 146M USD

Target

Komeda

Nagoya, Japan
Komeda owns and operates a franchise chain of coffee shops. Komeda was founded in 1968 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Advantage Partners

Singapore, Japan

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 4.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advantage Partners LLP is a Japanese private equity firm focused on investing public and private companies. Advantage targets businesses operating in the fields of distribution/retail, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT/software and financial services. The Firm will consider a variety of transactions including corporate divestitures, acquisitions, buyouts, public to private, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Advantage Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Tokyo.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 88
Sector (Franchising) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 18 of 43
Country (Japan) 27 of 73
Year (2008) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-01 CommunityOne

Shinagawa-ku, Japan

CommunityOne is a provider of apartment management, repair, and renovation services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-01 GST AutoLeather

Southfield, Michigan, United States

GST AutoLeather produces and supplies automotive leather interior trim components to interior systems integrators, vehicle manufacturers, and strategic tier suppliers in North America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia Pacific. GST AutoLeather is based in Southfield, Michigan.

Buy -
Buyer

Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage

Nagoya, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1957
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd. is Founded in 1957, a branded food and beverage products company.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Franchising) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 1
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-15 Komeda

Nagoya, Japan

Komeda owns and operates a franchise chain of coffee shops. Komeda was founded in 1968 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

Sell $448M
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