M&A Deal Summary

Cerea Partners Acquires Chesapeake Speciality Chemical Packaging

On January 24, 2014, private equity firm Cerea Partners acquired packaging company Chesapeake Speciality Chemical Packaging from Chesapeake

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cerea Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Cerea Partners’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-01-24
Target Chesapeake Speciality Chemical Packaging
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Cerea Partners
Sellers(s) Chesapeake
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Chesapeake Speciality Chemical Packaging

Old Amersham, United Kingdom
Chesapeake Speciality Chemical Packaging is a manufacturer of in-mould fluorinated and other plastic packaging used for transporting and storing goods. Chesapeake Speciality Chemical Packaging was founded in 1987 and is Old Amersham, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cerea Partners

Neuilly sur Seine, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Cerea Partners is a specialist investment firm focused on investing in and providing finance to agriculture and related sustainable food businesses. Cerea primarily targets companies in Western Europe and looks to invest in companies valued between €20 and €500 million. Prospective transaction situations includes LBOs, LBIs, OBOs, and spin-offs. Cerea Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 73
Sector: Packaging M&A 2 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-21 Mademoiselle Desserts

Montigny le Bretonneux, France

Mademoiselle Desserts is a producer of frozen bakery products, such as pastry base, flaky pastry, flans, and unbaked and baked pies. Mademoiselle Desserts was founded in 1984 and is based in Montigny le Bretonneux, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-16 Labeyrie Fine Foods

Saint-Geours de Maremne, France

Labeyrie Fine Foods is a producing upmarket branded food products sold on the French, Dutch, Belgian and Spanish markets. Its product range encompasses three main categories: seafood products (mainly smoked salmon), speciality regional products (mainly foie gras) and blinis & spreadables (taramasalata, guacamole etc.). Labeyrie Fine Foods was formed in 1946 and is based in Saint-Geours de Maremne, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Chesapeake

Old Amersham, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Packaging
Employees5,000
Revenue 580M EUR (2012)
DESCRIPTION

Chesapeake is a manufacturer of value-added specialty paperboard packaging, including folding cartons, leaflets and labels for the pharmaceutical, confectionary and drinks markets, as well as rigid plastic packaging for niche markets in Europe and Africa.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-04 Pharmapost SarL

Amilly, Canada

Pharmapost Sarl operates as printing company and prints pharmaceutical leaflets.

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