M&A Deal Summary

Suntory Beverage & Food Acquires Lucozade Ribena Suntory

On September 9, 2013, Suntory Beverage & Food acquired beverage company Lucozade Ribena Suntory from GSK for 1.4B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Suntory Beverage & Food’s 5th transaction in the Beverages sector.
  • This is Suntory Beverage & Food’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Suntory Beverage & Food’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-09-09
Target Lucozade Ribena Suntory
Sector Beverages
Buyer(s) Suntory Beverage & Food
Sellers(s) GSK
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.4B GBP

Target

Lucozade Ribena Suntory

Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is a brand new company, home to two of the UK’s biggest soft drinks brands, and is the third largest branded soft drinks supplier in the UK market. Ribena is the #1 Juice drinks brand and Lucozade is the #1 selling Sports Drink in the UK.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Suntory Beverage & Food

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Beverages
Revenue 1.59T JPY (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Suntory Beverage & Food is a Japanese whiskey and soft-drinks company. Suntory Beverage & Food was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 9
Sector (Beverages) 5 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-13 Orangina

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Orangina is a fruit-based soft drinks business that markets, bottles, distributes and franchises a number of carbonated and other soft drinks. Orangina was founded in 1936 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-13 Beam

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

Beam is a global spirits company. The Company's brands include Jim Beam Bourbon, Maker's Mark Bourbon, Sauza Tequila, Pinnacle Vodka, Canadian Club Whisky, Courvoisier Cognac, Teacher's Scotch Whisky, Skinnygirl Cocktails, Cruzan Rum, Hornitos Tequila, Knob Creek Bourbon, Laphroaig Scotch Whisky, Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey, Larios Gin, Whisky DYC and DeKuyper Cordials. Beam dates back to 1904 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois.

Buy $16.0B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GSK

Brentford, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1715
Sector Life Science
Employees70,212
Revenue 30.3B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to a GlaxoSmithKline facility in Morristown, New Jersey.
Entrance to a GlaxoSmithKline facility in Morristown, New Jersey.

GSK is a multinational pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company. GSK was founded in 1715 and is based in Brentford, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 24
Sector (Beverages) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 10 of 23
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 13
Year (2013) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-29 Okairos AG

Basel, Switzerland

Okairos - is a non-listed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, developing genetic vaccines for major infectious diseases - including malaria, hepatitis C, HIV, respiratory syncytial virus and cancer - using a novel proprietary technology. The company is also pursuing therapeutic vaccines to treat cancer.

Buy €250M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-30 GSK s Arixtra Fraxiparine brands

United Kingdom

Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi are made at a sterile site and the ability to manufacture steriles is globally recognised as a specialist activity resulting in limited possible competition. This is a factor further underlined by the increased complexity of the manufacturing process of Fraxiparine/Fraxodi due to the biological nature of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (“API”) used in their production.

Sell £700M
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