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Premier Acquires Lil-lets Group

On October 9, 2013, Premier acquired consumer products company Lil-lets Group from Epiris

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Premier’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Premier’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-10-09
Target Lil-lets Group
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Premier
Sellers(s) Epiris
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Lil-lets Group

Solihull, United Kingdom
Lil-lets Group Ltd. is a branded feminine hygiene consumer products business; a market leader in both the UK and South Africa. This transaction will allow management to focus solely on the Lil-lets brand with a view to developing its market position and customer base.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Premier

Waterfall, South Africa
Category Company
Founded 1824
Sector Food
Revenue 19.9B ZAR (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Premier is a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturer offering branded and private label solutions. Its strong heritage brands include Snowflake (wheat flour), Iwisa No 1, SuperSun and Nyala (maize meal), Blue Ribbon (bread), Lil-lets (feminine hygiene), Manhattan and Super C (sugar confectionery), and the Companhia Industrial da Matola S.A. food portfolio (Top Score, Polana, Florbela and Favorita) in Mozambique. Premier was formed in 1820 and is based in Waterfall, South Africa.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Epiris

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 1.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Electra Partners is a UK-based private equity firm focused on buyouts, co-investments, secondary fund purchases, and debt investing. The Firm's direct investing group looks to make majority or minority investments of £50 to £250 million in deals valued up to £500 million. Electra was formed in 1976 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 51
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 17
Country: United Kingdom M&A 26 of 41
Year: 2013 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-31 Laboratoires Chemineau SA

Vouvray, France

Laboratoires Chemineau is an operator and manufacturer of pharmaceutical products.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-03 Elian Group

Jersey, Channel Islands

Elian Group provides trust, fund and company administration services to multi-national corporations, financial institutions, high net worth individuals, family offices and fund managers. Elian Group was founded in 1999 and is based in Jersey, Channel Islands.

Buy £180M
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