M&A Deal Summary

Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V Acquires Valora Holding

On July 5, 2022, Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V acquired retailer Valora Holding for 1.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V’s 6th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-07-05
Target Valora Holding
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.2B USD
Advisor(s) J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)

Target

Valora Holding

Muttenz, Switzerland
Valora Holding is an economically robust, independent trading company operating on a Europe-wide scale. The Valora Group’s three divisions – Valora Retail, Valora Media (press wholesaling) and Valora Trade (distribution of fast-moving consumer goods). Valora Holding was founded in 1905 and is based in Muttenz, Switzerland.

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Buyer

Fomento Económico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V

Monterrey, Mexico

Category Company
Founded 1890
Sector Beverages
Employees270
DESCRIPTION

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V (FEMSA) is a company that participates in the beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world by volume; and in the beer industry, through its ownership of the second largest equity stake in Heineken, one of the world's leading brewers with operations in over 70 countries. In the retail industry it participates through FEMSA Comercio, comprising a Retail Division operating various small-format store chains including OXXO, a Fuel Division, operating the OXXO GAS chain of retail service stations, and a Health Division, which includes drugstores and related operations. Additionally, through its Strategic Businesses unit, it provides logistics, point-of-sale refrigeration solutions and plastics solutions to FEMSA's business units and third-party clients.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 8
Sector (Retail) 6 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 5
Country (Switzerland) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-28 Ok Market

Santiago, Chile

Ok Market is an operator of a small-format proximity store chain. Ok Market is based in Santiago, Chile.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-17 Imbera and Torrey

Mexico

Imbera and Torrey is a provider of refrigeration and foodservice equipment operations.

Sell $8.0B