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Livingbridge Acquires Kafevend Group

On October 1, 2005, private equity firm Livingbridge acquired consumer services company Kafevend Group from IKON Office Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Livingbridge’s 4th transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Livingbridge’s 26th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Kafevend Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 2014.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-10-01
Target Kafevend Group
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) Livingbridge
Sellers(s) IKON Office Solutions
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

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

Livingbridge

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 3.8B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Livingbridge is a UK-based investment group focused on investing in and growing mid-sized companies. The Firm targets businesses seeking £15 to £300 million of capital. Prospective companies should have 'ambitious mangement', scalable business models, and potential for market leadership. Sectors of interest include technology, media, communications, consumer products/services, healthcare, and education. Livingbridge was formed in 1995 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 150
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 4 of 10
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 26 of 132
Year: 2005 M&A 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-09-09 Assa Training and Learning

Sunderland,

Providers of work-based vocational training including government-funded Learndirect courses, NVQs and modern apprenticeships. Clients include blue-chips and major manufacturers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-10 Ipsos MORI

London, United Kingdom

Ipsos MORI is an independently owned market research company with a proven track record within public and private sectors.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

IKON Office Solutions

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Company
Founded 1928
Sector Business Services
Employees24,000
DESCRIPTION

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

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-08-18 Rockliff Computers

Runcorn, United Kingdom

Rockliff specializes in network design and installation, hardware and software procurement and maintenance, cabling, and application development and training.

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