M&A Deal Summary

Eden International SA Acquires Kafevend Group

On January 6, 2014, Eden International SA acquired consumer services company Kafevend Group from Livingbridge

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Eden International SA’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Eden International SA’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-01-06
Target Kafevend Group
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) Eden International SA
Sellers(s) Livingbridge
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kafevend Group

Crawley, United Kingdom
Kafevend Group Limited supplies vending machines and workplace refreshments to corporations in the United Kingdom. It offers fresh brew hot drinks systems, in-cup hot and cold drinks vending machines, and bean to cup coffee machines; food and snack vending machines; cans, bottles, water coolers, and dispensers; and hot and cold drinks, and snacks.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Eden International SA

Preverenges, Switzerland

Category Company
Sector Consumer Services
DESCRIPTION

Eden Springs UK Ltd is the UK market leader in the water cooler industry and a national player in the coffee and coffee machine business. As part of Eden Springs International (SA), which has a presence in 14 countries, we have over 15 years of high-quality servicing experience in the home and office beverage delivery market. We are experts in our field and operate with local managers in branches across the UK, supplying refreshing water and coffee to offices and homes with the feel of a local distributor, but with the backing of an international company.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Livingbridge

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 3.8B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Livingbridge is a UK-based investment group focused on investing in and growing mid-sized companies. The Firm targets businesses seeking £15 to £300 million of capital. Prospective companies should have 'ambitious mangement', scalable business models, and potential for market leadership. Sectors of interest include technology, media, communications, consumer products/services, healthcare, and education. Livingbridge was formed in 1995 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 102
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 6 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 25 of 44
Country: United Kingdom M&A 40 of 92
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 Enra

Watford, United Kingdom

Enra is a specialist provider of mortgage finance. Enra lends and brokes short term bridge mortgages as well as distributing specialist second charge and buy-to-let products. Enra is based in Watford, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-14 Kingsbridge Risk Solutions

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Kingsbridge Risk Solutions Ltd. is a provider of insurance services that are tailored to meet the needs of contractors, freelancers and independent professionals, as well as the compliance requirements of partners including recruiters and accountants. Working in conjunction with its strong partner network, Kingsbridge covers the broadest range of industry sectors in its market, including aerospace, banking and finance, rail, automotive, nuclear, oil and gas and information technology.

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