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Grafton Group Acquires Davies

On December 5, 2005, Grafton Group acquired building materials company Davies for 25M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Grafton Group’s 2nd transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Grafton Group’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Grafton Group’s 3rd transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-12-05
Target Davies
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Grafton Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 25M EUR

Target

Davies

Dublin 5, Ireland
Davies is a Dublin based specialist plumbing, heating and drainage business trading from two locations in the Greater Dublin area. The business also incorporates two quality retail bathroom showrooms. The plumbing and heating division principally services new building projects in the commercial and domestic markets. The drainage division supplies a broad range of drainage products into the infrastructure, civils and Local Authority markets nationally.

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Buyer

Grafton Group

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Building Materials
Employees10,000
Revenue 2.3B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Grafton Group operates business-to-business (B2B) distribution formats for building materials and construction-related products in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland. Grafton Group was founded in 1902 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 18
Sector: Building Materials M&A 2 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 18
Country: Ireland M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-05 Garvey s Builders Merchants

Roscommon, Ireland

Garvey's Builders Merchants Limited is a fourth generation builders merchant based in Roscommon town. The business has a leading position in the Roscommon market where it services the repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) and residential construction markets.

Buy €3M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-21 Binje Ackermans S.A.

Brussels, Belgium

Binje Ackermans S.A. retails construction materials with a six branch builders merchanting business based in Brussels and trading under the MPRO brand.

Buy €21M
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