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Emerging Capital Partners Acquires Semme Mineral Water

On February 2, 2006, growth capital firm Emerging Capital Partners acquired consumer services company Semme Mineral Water

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerging Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Emerging Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Cameroon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-02-02
Target Semme Mineral Water
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) Emerging Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Semme Mineral Water

Limbe, Cameroon
Semme Mineral Water specializes in the bottling of mineral water from the Etindé Mountain spring and the distribution of the water throughout Central Africa under the brand name "Semme Water". Semme is recognized for its high quality water made possible by the company's state-of-the-art installations which ensure purity and authenticity through stringent quality controls and advanced packaging and distribution systems.

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Buyer

Emerging Capital Partners

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Emerging Capital Partners LLC (ECP) is a private equity firm that invests in diversified businesses across the Africa. ECP targets companies with proven operating models and strong market positions. Broad areas of interest include financial services, telecommunications, transport logistics, petrochemicals, natural resources, agribusiness, and utilities. Emerging Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Washington, DC. The Firm has additional offices in Paris, Abidjan, Casablanca, Douala, Johannesburg, Lagos, and Tunis.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 38
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 24
Country: Cameroon M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 Osead SAS

Paris, France

OSEAD is a special purpose vehicle that owns Compagnie Minière de Touissit (CMT), the oldest lead producer and exporter in Morocco. CMT is a mining company specializing in the exploration, extraction and treatment of silver-bearing lead and silver-bearing zinc. The company quarries several subterranean mines and operates an ore treatment plant at Tighza, southeast of Meknes.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-01 Anvil Mining

West Perth, Australia

Anvil is a copper producer with its principal interests in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). Anvil currently operates the Kinsevere-Nambulwa copper project which it is ramping up to produce 60,000 tonnes of copper by 2011. Anvil also holds interests in various exploration properties in the DRC, Zambia and South East Asia. Anvil is listed on the Toronto (TSX) and the Australian (ASX) stock exchanges under the symbol AVM.

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