M&A Deal Summary

Heylen Group Acquires Van Den Bos Flowerbulbs

On December 8, 2022, Heylen Group acquired distribution company Van Den Bos Flowerbulbs from Foreman Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Heylen Group’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Heylen Group’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-12-08
Target Van Den Bos Flowerbulbs
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Heylen Group
Sellers(s) Foreman Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Van Den Bos Flowerbulbs

Honselersdijk, Netherlands
Van Den Bos Flowerbulbs is an international distributor of flower bulbs for lilies, freesias, rose lilies, and zantedeschias and provides services in the areas of production, transport, storage, inspection/selection, preparation, sale, and export. Van Den Bos Flowerbulbs is based in Honselersdijk, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Heylen Group

Herentals, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Heylen Group is a Belgian industrial holding company that invests in ambitious companies and entrepreneurs. The group uses a 'buy-build-and-hold' strategy in which innovation, internationalization and operational excellence are central. Heylen Group was founded in 2000 and is based in Herentals, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Foreman Capital

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Foreman Capital is an independent Dutch investment firm focused on mid-sized trading, production, and service companies. Foreman seeks opportunities throughout Northwest Europe generating EBITDA of €2.5 to €25 million. Foreman will invest in a variety of investment situations, including MBOs, MBIs, successions, divestitures, turnarounds, and recapitalizations. Foreman looks to invest at least €2.5 million per transaction and will consider both minority (influential) and majority positions. Foreman Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in Amsterdam.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Netherlands M&A 6 of 7
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-17 Neomounts

Haarlem, Netherlands

Neomounts is a provider of hanging systems for IT & audiovisual hardware. Neomounts has its own sales offices in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland and is active in more than 25 countries through these offices and agents. Neomounts is based in Haarlem, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-10-25 Xomnia

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Xomnia is a consultancy organization in the field of data and artificial intelligence (AI). The company supports corporates and organizations in a wide range of sectors with the development of data and AI strategies, the construction of data platforms and infrastructures, the development of data science and analytical products and the boosting of data and analytics capabilities. Xomnia was founded in 2013 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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