M&A Deal Summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Acquires Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG

On August 6, 2015, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners acquired beverage company Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG from Coca-Cola

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Beverages sector.
  • This is Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-08-06
Target Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG
Sector Beverages
Buyer(s) Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Sellers(s) Coca-Cola
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG

Knetzgau, Germany
Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG (CCEAG) is the largest German beverage company with a sales volume of 3.8 billion liters (2014). As a franchisee of The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta), CCEAG is in charge of bottling as well as sales and distribution of Coca-Cola branded products in Germany. CCEAG serves around 400,000 trade and horeca customers and employs around 9,500 people. The beverages are bottled at more than 20 production plants.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1904
Sector Beverages
Employees41,000
Revenue 20.4B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Coca-Cola Enterprises bottling plant in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Coca-Cola Enterprises bottling plant in East Hartford, Connecticut.

Coca-Cola European Partners is a producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages. Coca-Cola EP serves a full range of beverage categories, including energy drinks, still and sparkling waters, juices and juice drinks, sports drinks, and ready-to-drink teas. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners was incorporated in 1904 and is headquartered in Uxbridge, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Beverages M&A 2 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-06 Coca-Cola Iberian Partners SA

Madrid, Spain

Coca-Cola Iberian Partners is the bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company for Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Coca-Cola Iberian Partners is responsible for meeting the demand for The Coca-Cola Company’s products at every stage: manufacturing, packaging, distribution and management of the different client channels. Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, with a staff of 4,380 employees, distributes products to Spain, Portugal and Andorra, serves 396,000 clients and reaches more than 55 million consumers. Coca-Cola Iberian Partners markets 17 different brands with 81 products. It has eight soft drink manufacturers, one of concentrated juice and six natural mineral water springs in operation.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-10 Coca-Cola Amatil

North Sydney, Australia

Coca-Cola Amatil is the largest manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverages company. CCA's diversified portfolio of products includes carbonated soft drinks, spring water, sports and energy drinks, fruit juices, iced tea, flavoured milk, coffee, tea and SPC Ardmona and Goulburn Valley packaged ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable snacks and products. Coca-Cola Amatil was founded in 1904 and is based in North Sydney, Australia.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Coca-Cola

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1886
Sector Beverages
Employees79,100
Revenue 47.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Coca-Cola is a global brand and producer of beverages that operates Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero, Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid, Powerade, Aquarius, Dasani, Vitaminwater, Georgia, Simply, Minute Maid Pulpy, Del Valle, Ayataka, Bonaqua/Bonaqa, and Schweppes. Coca-Cola dates back to 1886 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector: Beverages M&A 4 of 9
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-17 China Culiangwang Beverages Holdings - Multigrain Beverage Business

Hong Kong, China

The China Culiangwang drinks operation is a provider of multigrain beverages with flavors such as red bean, walnut and oats.

Buy $401M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-18 Suja Juice

Oceanside, California, United States

Suja Juice is an organic, non-GMO, cold-pressed juice brand and among the fastest-growing beverage companies in the U.S. Suja is available for purchase at most major grocery and natural foods stores nationwide and select products can be purchased online at sujaJuice.com. Suja Juice was founded in 2012 and is based in Oceanside, California.

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