Investment Summary

Danone Invests In Sırma Group

On May 6, 2013, Danone invested in beverage company Sırma Group from Darby Overseas Investments

Investment Highlights
  • This is Danone’s 11th transaction in the Beverages sector.
  • This is Danone’s 2nd transaction in Turkey.

Investment Summary

Date 2013-05-06
Target Sırma Group
Sector Beverages
Investor(s) Danone
Sellers(s) Darby Overseas Investments
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Sırma Group

Turkey
Sırma Group is one of Turkey’s packaged water and mineral water companies, which develops, produces, markets and distributes a wide range of products: natural mineral water, packaged water; “new age” alternatives such as fruit flavored soft drinks, vitamin-added, fruit-flavored, natural sparkling mineral waters; and energy drinks.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Danone

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1899
Sector Food
Employees89,528
Revenue 27.4B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Danone is a food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition. Danone was founded in 1899 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 41
Sector: Beverages M&A 11 of 11
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 10 of 13
Country: Turkey M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-22 Centrale Laitiere S.A.

Casablanca, Morocco

Centrale Laitiere SA engages in the production and selling of packaged milk and dairy products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-13 Nurture

New York,, New York, United States

Happy Family is one of the most innovative and dynamic companies in the US baby food sector, where it holds over 4% of the market. Happy Family has been a driver in the baby food category's growth over the past few years. Its robust development is driven by a wide and varied range of products that combine convenience with clearly defined nutritional benefits.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Darby Overseas Investments

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Darby Overseas Investments is an emerging markets investment firm that sponsors and manages private equity, mezzanine finance, and fixed-income funds for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. Darby targets investments in Latin/South America, Asia, and Europe. Sectors of interest include consumer products, specialty retail, distribution, packaging, hotel management, energy, financial services, media and publishing. Darby was formed in 1994 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector: Beverages M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Turkey M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-14 Produman Engenharia LTDA.

Dias D'Ávila, Brazil

Produman Engenharia is a provider of engineering solutions for the oil & gas sector such as maintenance and overhaul of refineries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-22 JackBe

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

JackBe is a provider of real-time visual analytics and intelligence software. JackBe has a broad customer base in federal government, financial services and the manufacturing sector including customers such as General Electric, Procter & Gamble, Qualcomm, Wells Fargo and Intel. The company was founded in 2003 and has 70 employees.

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