M&A Deal Summary

Senoble SA Acquires Elisabeth the Chef

On September 1, 2007, Senoble SA acquired food company Elisabeth the Chef from Primary Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Senoble SA’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Senoble SA’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-09-01
Target Elisabeth the Chef
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Senoble SA
Sellers(s) Primary Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Elisabeth the Chef

Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Elisabeth the Chef Ltd. is a high quality manufacturer and supplier of chilled pastries and cakes, bakery components and dessert products to the UK multiple retail and food services sector.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Senoble SA

Jouy, France

Category Company
Founded 1921
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Senoble, a French family-owned business founded in 1921, is France's third-largest manufacturer of dairy products and desserts. Its range of 750 products also includes its own Senoble-branded desserts and low calorie yoghurts and desserts under the Weight Watchers brand.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Primary Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 700M GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Primary Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on management buyouts and buy-ins of mid-market companies with an enterprise value of £20 - £100 million. Primary looks for opportunities across Europe but concentrates primarily on businesses located in the UK and Germany. The Firm looks to invest £10 to £44 million of equity or equity-related capital per transaction. Target sectors include consumer products/services, business & support services, financial services, IT services, software, and industrial products/services. Primary Capital Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 25
Sector: Food M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 17
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 23
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-01 Trackline International

Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

Trackline International Ltd. is a provider of crawler track systems and chasis to the construction equipment market.

Buy £26M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-01 YO! Sushi

London, United Kingdom

YO! Sushi is a chain of conveyor belt Japanese restaurants offering 'sophisticated fast food'. YO! Sushi was founded in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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