M&A Deal Summary

BGF Acquires APS Group

On December 20, 2017, growth capital firm BGF acquired food company APS Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BGF’s 4th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is BGF’s 143rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-20
Target APS Group
Sector Food
Buyer(s) BGF
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Rickitt Mitchell (Financial)
Turner Parkinson (Legal)

Target

APS Group

Cheshire, United Kingdom
APS Group is a supplier of British tomatoes to the high street. APS Group grows and supplies tomatoes and other produce to UK multiple retailers. APS Group was founded in 1949 and is based in Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

BGF

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 2.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Business Growth Fund (BGF) is a private investment firm focused on early and growth-stage investing across the UK. The Firm also invests in publicly traded companies. BGF's growth team looks to invest £1 to £15 million in small to mid-sized companies looking for additional capital to pursue growth. BGF was established in 2011 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 146 of 370
Sector: Food M&A 4 of 10
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 8 of 12
Country: United Kingdom M&A 143 of 345
Year: 2017 M&A 31 of 31
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-18 Cooplands

Scarborough, United Kingdom

Cooplands owns and operates traditionally-made, high-quality produce including bread, sandwiches, pies, pastries, and cakes to more than 140 Cooplands shops, 11 cafes, and 28 sandwich vans. Cooplands Bakery was founded in 1885 and is based in Scarborough, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-01 Ambisense

Dublin, Ireland

Ambisense combines Artificial Intelligence with reliable, field-deployable instruments that generate and analyse a continuous flow of data, enabling the prediction of environmental hazards before they occur. Ambisense was founded in 2014 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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