Add-on Acquisition • Restaurants

Joh. A. Benckiser Acquires Caribou Coffee Co

On December 18, 2012, Joh. A. Benckiser acquired restaurant Caribou Coffee Co for 340M USD

Acquisition Context

This is Joh. A. Benckiser’s 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
This is Joh. A. Benckiser’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is Joh. A. Benckiser’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
This is Joh. A. Benckiser’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	December 18, 2012
Target	Caribou Coffee Co
Sector	Restaurants
Buyer(s)	Joh. A. Benckiser
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	340M USD
Advisor(s)	Moelis & Co. (Financial) Briggs and Morgan, P.A. (Legal)

Target Company

Caribou Coffee Co

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Caribou coffee location in the Canal Park area of Duluth, Minnesota.

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. is a privately held company operates chain of coffee stores with locations across the Midwest. The Company was formed in 1972 and is based in Minneapolis.

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Buyer

Joh. A. Benckiser

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Category	Company
Sector	Consumer Products

DESCRIPTION

Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH provides consumer products in Germany.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	2 of 2
Sector: Restaurants	1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition	2 of 2
State: Minnesota	1 of 1
Country: United States	2 of 2
Year: 2012	2 of 2
Size (of disclosed)	2 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2012-10-29	Peet s Coffee Emeryville, California, United States Peet's Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster that markets its branded fresh-roasted whole bean coffee and hand-selected tea through multiple channels of distribution. These channels include specialty grocery and gourmet food stores, online and mail order, restaurant and food service accounts, and company-owned stores. Peet's Coffee was founded in 1966 and is based in Emeryville, California.	Buy	$1.0B

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DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2012-10-29

Peet s Coffee

Emeryville, California, United States

Peet's Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster that markets its branded fresh-roasted whole bean coffee and hand-selected tea through multiple channels of distribution. These channels include specialty grocery and gourmet food stores, online and mail order, restaurant and food service accounts, and company-owned stores. Peet's Coffee was founded in 1966 and is based in Emeryville, California.

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$1.0B

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