M&A Deal Summary

JAB Holding Company Acquires Pret A Manger

On May 29, 2018, private equity firm JAB Holding Company acquired retailer Pret A Manger from Bridgepoint

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is JAB Holding Company’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is JAB Holding Company’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-05-29
Target Pret A Manger
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) JAB Holding Company
Sellers(s) Bridgepoint
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Pret A Manger

London, United Kingdom
Pret A Manger is a UK retailer of high quality, natural, ready-to-eat sandwiches, salads and drinks. Pret’s sandwiches, salads and wraps are freshly made each day in shop kitchens using quality ingredients. The food doesn’t have a ‘sell‐by’ date; Pret offers unsold food to charity at the end of the day, including 3.4 million food items in 2017. Pret currently has 530 shops; 381 in the UK, 92 in the US, 26 in Hong Kong, 24 in France, 2 in China, 2 in Dubai, 2 in Denmark, 1 in Singapore and 1 in the Netherlands. Pret’s fresh, healthy menu serves more than 300,000 customers every day.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

JAB Holding Company is a global investment firm focused on acquiring companies with premium consumer and strong growth prospects. JAB will consider both minority and majority stakes. JAB Holding Company is headquartered in Luxembourg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 15
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-05 Panera Bread

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Panera Bread is a national bakery-cafe concept with company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafe locations across the US and Canada. The Company's bakery-cafes are located in urban, suburban, strip mall, and regional mall locations and feature high-quality food in a warm, inviting, and comfortable environment. Panera Bread operates in three business segments: company bakery-cafe operations, franchise operations, and fresh dough and other product operations. Panera Bread was formed in 1988 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Buy $7.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-12 Coty

New York, New York, United States

Coty is a pure-play beauty company with a portfolio of well-known fragrances, color cosmetics and skin & body care products sold in over 130 countries and territories. Coty was incorporated in 1904 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 75.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 75 of 112
Sector: Retail M&A 6 of 9
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 42 of 66
Country: United Kingdom M&A 38 of 50
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-28 Groupe C2S

Paris, France

Groupe C2S is an independent operator of clinics in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, operating polyclinics that offer both general as well as specialist medicine and surgery. Groupe C2S was founded in 2005 and is based in Paris, France.

Sell €103M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-08 PEI Group

London, United Kingdom

PEI Group is a provider of insight, market-data and business conferences for professionals active in alternative asset class investment. PEI's clients include asset managers, institutional investors, family offices, investment banks, law firms, consultancies and advisors. PEI Group was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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