M&A Deal Summary

Cerea Partners Acquires Weishardt

On November 1, 2006, private equity firm Cerea Partners acquired food company Weishardt

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cerea Partners’ 5th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Cerea Partners’ 9th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Weishardt was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-11-01
Target Weishardt
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Cerea Partners
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

Weishardt

Graulhet, France
Weishardt offers a wide range of traditional gelatins from hogs, cattle or fish for use in numerous pharmaceutical, food or technical applications. Weishardt was founded in 1839 and is based in Graulhet, France.

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Buyer

Cerea Partners

Neuilly sur Seine, France

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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 10 of 72
Sector: Food M&A 5 of 27
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: France M&A 9 of 59
Year: 2006 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-31 Gouet SAS

Ville de Eu, France

Gouet SAS designs and manufactures industrial baking systems for the bakery sector.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-01 Solina

Bréal-Sous-Monfort, France

Solina is a European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry. The company serves more than eighteen thousand clients with 2, 250 employees across twenty-seven sites across Europe and Canada. It is exposed to resilient food consumption markets and to secular growth trends fuelled by the shift in food consumption towards more premium and natural ingredients. Solina puts sustainability at the center of its activities by creating healthier food solutions and more sustainable diets as well as by contributing to the development of meat alternatives. Solina was formed in 1988 and is based in Bréal-Sous-Monfort, France.

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