Divestiture • Food

Amplio Private Equity Acquires Exotic Snacks

On April 29, 2008, private equity firm Amplio Private Equity acquired food company Exotic Snacks from Nilssons Gott AB

Acquisition Context
  • This is Amplio Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Amplio Private Equity’s 20th transaction in Sweden.
Investment Fate
  • Exotic Snacks was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2011.
  • Exotic Snacks was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2018 for 60M SEK.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date April 29, 2008
Target Exotic Snacks
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Amplio Private Equity
Sellers(s) Nilssons Gott AB
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

Exotic Snacks

Stockholm, Sweden
Exotic Snacks is a supplier of natural snacks to the Swedish market and a nationwide distributor to major large food retailers. Exotic Snacks was founded in 1985 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Amplio Private Equity

Stockholm, Sweden

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 11.1B SEK
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Amplio Private Equity is a Swedish private equity firm specializing in buyouts of mid-sized companies across Scandinavia. Segulah seeks profitable companies with defensible market positions, strong development potential, and experienced management. The Firm targets companies with annual revenues up to SEK 2 billion. Amplio Private Equity was formed in 1994 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 23 of 52
Sector: Food 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture 11 of 15
Country: Sweden 20 of 46
Year: 2008 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-14 Callenberg Technology Group AB

Uddevalla, Sweden

Callenberg Group AB is a provider of Insulation, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and electrical energy management solutions for the maritime, offshore & energy markets. Callenberg delivers products, systems and services to ships in service, newbuilds and retrofits and to the offshore segments.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-10 Skandinavisk Kommunalteknik

Taby, Sweden

Skandinavisk Kommunalteknik is a provider of tailor pressure sewer solutions (LTA) to municipalities, communities and individual installations. Skandinavisk Kommunalteknik specializes in solving tricky sewage problems and has delivered more than 50,000 pumps. Skandinavisk Kommunalteknik was founded in 1980 and is based in Taby, Sweden.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Nilssons Gott AB

Sweden

Category Company
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Nilssons Gott AB with the brand Exotic Snacks is the leading supplier of natural snacks to the Swedish market.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: Sweden 1 of 1
Year: 2008 1 of 1

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