M&A Deal Summary

InVivo Group Acquires Baarsma Wine Group

On May 23, 2017, InVivo Group acquired distribution company Baarsma Wine Group from AAC Capital Partners

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

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-23
Target Baarsma Wine Group
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) InVivo Group
Sellers(s) AAC Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Baarsma Wine Group

Hilversum, Netherlands
Baarsma Wine Group is a distributor of quality wines, active in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Switzerland and South Africa. Established some 30 years ago in the Netherlands, Baarsma Wine Group has evolved into one of the main players in the European wine market, with a turnover approaching 210 million Euros and over 250 full time employees.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

InVivo Group

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Distribution
DESCRIPTION

InVivo Group is a merchandiser of agricultural supplies in France and internationally. It provides global and tailored services ranging from plants to animals, field to plate, and nutrition to health for livestock professionals, and agro-feed and distribution industries. InVivo Group was founded in 2001 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-06 Alfred C. Toepfer International .

Hamburg, Germany

Toepfer is a global merchandiser of agricultural commodities and processed products, through its network of 37 offices worldwide.

Sell €83M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-12 Jardiland

Joinville-le-Pont, France

Jardiland is a French distributor of garden and pet products company founded in 1973, with more than 200 stores (own stores and franchisees). The Group offers the full range of garden and specialist pet products. The group has 3,000 direct employees (6,000 including franchisees).

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AAC Capital Partners

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 900M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

AAC Capital is a specialist buy-out private equity firm target to invest in mid- market companies located primarily in Netherlands and Belgium. It seeks to invest in companies with an enterprise value of €50 - 350 million. ACC Capital Benelux is a private equity arm of ACC Capital Partners and is based in Amsterdam.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 21
Sector: Distribution M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 6
Country: Netherlands M&A 16 of 18
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-10 Care Schadeservice B.V.

Vianen, Netherlands

Care Schadeservice B.V. is a chain of an accident repair centre in the Benelux focused on the business-to-business segment of the market. The company operates a network of 64 wholly-owned branches offering nationwide passenger car and small van accident repair services.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-05 Desotec

Roeselare, Belgium

Desotec provides circular, mobile filtration solutions using activated carbon to help companies purify water, air, and soil. Their “Filtration-as-a-Service” model rents mobile filters, collects saturated filters for off-site reactivation, and then re-uses the carbon, reducing waste while helping clients meet environmental standards. Desotec was founded in 1990 and is based in Roeselare, Belgium.

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