M&A Deal Summary

European Capital Acquires Marco Polo Foods Pty

On November 17, 2005, private equity firm European Capital acquired food company Marco Polo Foods Pty

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is European Capital’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is European Capital’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-11-17
Target Marco Polo Foods Pty
Sector Food
Buyer(s) European Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Marco Polo Foods Pty

Campsie, Australia
Marco Polo Foods Pty Ltd is an Australian owned distribution, sales and marketing company and is one of Australia’s successful food importers.

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Buyer

European Capital

London, United Kingdom
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

European Capital is the European investment affiliate of American Capital. European Capital looks to provide a variety of investment and financing solutions including unitranche debt, mezzanine capital, senior debt, and equity co-investment. Funds are typically used to support buyouts, recapitalizations, finance growth, and make acquisitions. European Capital is sector agnostic, however the Firm has a preference for investments in the consumer, technology, manufacturing, services, and distribution sectors. European Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 74
Sector (Food) 1 of 8
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 32
Country (Australia) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-03 Tes Global

London, United Kingdom

Tes Global is an international provider of software services to make life easier for schools and teachers. All products and services are built with teachers and schools needs at the core, ensuring they are innovative, trusted education solutions. Tes Global products play a critical role helping teachers and school leaders deal with the challenges of teaching, including safeguarding and compliance, smart pupil management, and staff management. This dedication and focus supports educators across the globe in providing high quality education to millions of children using smart, flexible, and cost-effective solutions. A global Company, Tes Global was formed in 1910 and and operates across 10 offices, including in London, Sheffield, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, and Dubai.

Buy £235M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-21 Orangina

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Orangina is a fruit-based soft drinks business that markets, bottles, distributes and franchises a number of carbonated and other soft drinks. Orangina was founded in 1936 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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