Add-on Acquisition • Building Materials

Grafton Group Acquires Davies

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

Acquisition Context

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.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	December 5, 2005
Target	Davies
Sector	Building Materials
Buyer(s)	Grafton Group
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	25M EUR

Target Company

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
Employees	10,000
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 Context for Buyer	#
Overall	4 of 18
Sector: Building Materials	2 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition	4 of 18
Country: Ireland	3 of 3
Year: 2005	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

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

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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