Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Consumer Services

IKON Office Solutions Acquires Kafevend Group

On January 1, 1996, IKON Office Solutions acquired consumer services company Kafevend Group

Acquisition Context

This is IKON Office Solutions’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
This is IKON Office Solutions’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Fate

Kafevend Group was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2005.
Kafevend Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 2014.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	January 1, 1996
Target	Kafevend Group
Sector	Consumer Services
Buyer(s)	IKON Office Solutions
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Kafevend Group

Crawley, United Kingdom

Kafevend Group Limited supplies vending machines and workplace refreshments to corporations in the United Kingdom. It offers fresh brew hot drinks systems, in-cup hot and cold drinks vending machines, and bean to cup coffee machines; food and snack vending machines; cans, bottles, water coolers, and dispensers; and hot and cold drinks, and snacks.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

IKON Office Solutions

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1928
Sector	Business Services
Employees	24,000

DESCRIPTION

IKON Office Solutions manufactures and supplies document management systems for various business clients.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	1 of 3
Sector: Consumer Services	1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom	1 of 2
Year: 1996	1 of 1

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
1997-09-30	Ikon Seattle, Washington, United States Ikon Corporation is a hardware interface company founded in 1966 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

1997-09-30

Ikon

Seattle, Washington, United States

Ikon Corporation is a hardware interface company founded in 1966 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Buy

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