M&A Deal Summary

Suntory Beverage & Food Acquires Orangina

On November 13, 2009, Suntory Beverage & Food acquired beverage company Orangina from The Blackstone Group, Lion Capital and European Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Suntory Beverage & Food’s 5th transaction in the Beverages sector.
  • This is Suntory Beverage & Food’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-11-13
Target Orangina
Sector Beverages
Buyer(s) Suntory Beverage & Food
Sellers(s) The Blackstone Group
Lion Capital
European Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Suntory Beverage & Food

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Beverages
Revenue 1.70T JPY (2024)
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 11
Sector: Beverages M&A 5 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 5
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-12 Orangina Schweppes Group

Paris,, France

Orangina Schweppes Group is a growing player in the European soft drinks market, having the heart of its business in France, Spain and Portugal. The company markets, bottles and distributes a number of carbonated soft drinks, stills and other soft drinks through a comprehensive portfolio of leading products that includes iconic brands such as Orangina, Schweppes, Oasis and Trina.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-09 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.

Buy £1.4B

Seller(S) 3

SELLER

The Blackstone Group

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 394.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Blackstone Group is a global alternative investment management firm. The Firm's investment activities span real estate, secondary investments, hedge funds, credit, infrastructure, and private equity. Blackstone's private equity group targets opportunities globally including buyout acquisitions of established companies, development projects, growth equity financings, and industry consolidations. Sectors of interest include automotive, healthcare, chemicals, industrial, commercial property, lodging, communications, media/publishing, consumer & retail, packaging, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, energy, technology, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, theme parks, food & beverage, and transportation. Blackstone's private equity real estate group looks for opportunities across North/South America, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe. The real estate group will consider both equity and debt investments. Areas of interest include healthcare, hotel, industrial, office, residential, and retail. The Blackstone Group was formed in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 193
Sector: Beverages M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 20 of 74
Country: Netherlands M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2009 M&A 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-13 U.S. Shipping Corp

Edison, New Jersey, United States

U.S. Shipping Corp is a provider of long-haul marine transportation services for refined petroleum, petrochemical and commodity chemical products in the U.S. domestic coastwise trade. The Company's existing fleet consists of twelve tank vessels: four integrated tug barge units; one product tanker; three chemical parcel tankers and four ATBs.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-16 Team Health

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Team Health is a provider of outsourced healthcare professional staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States. Team Health was founded in 1979 and is based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Sell -
SELLER

Lion Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 4.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Lion Capital LLP is a specialist private equity firm focused on consumer-oriented opportunities throughout Europe and North America. Specific areas of interest include apparel, accessories, luxury goods, food, and specialty retail. Lion Capital LLP was formed in 2004 and is based in London. The Firm has an additional office in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 25
Sector: Beverages M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 13
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-12 Orangina Schweppes Group

Paris,, France

Orangina Schweppes Group is a growing player in the European soft drinks market, having the heart of its business in France, Spain and Portugal. The company markets, bottles and distributes a number of carbonated soft drinks, stills and other soft drinks through a comprehensive portfolio of leading products that includes iconic brands such as Orangina, Schweppes, Oasis and Trina.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-10 Russian Alcohol

Moscow, Russia

Russian Alcohol is a producer of vodka and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages. Russian Alcohol was founded in 2003 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Sell -
SELLER

European Capital

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

European Capital is the European investment affiliate of American Capital. European Capital looks to provide a variety of investment and financing solutions including unitranche debt, mezzanine capital, senior debt, and equity co-investment. Funds are typically used to support buyouts, recapitalizations, finance growth, and make acquisitions. European Capital is sector agnostic, however the Firm has a preference for investments in the consumer, technology, manufacturing, services, and distribution sectors. European Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 54
Sector: Beverages M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 17
Country: Netherlands M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-19 Dockwise

Breda, Netherlands

Dockwise Ltd. is a marine contractor providing total transport services to the offshore, onshore and yachting industries as well as installation services of extremely heavy offshore platforms. The Group is headquartered in Breda, the Netherlands. The Group's main commercial offices are located in the Netherlands, the United States and China with sales offices in Korea, Australia, Brazil, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico and Nigeria. The Dockwise Yacht Transport business unit is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale and has an office in Italy. The Dockwise Shipping network is supported by agents in Norway, Argentina and Italy.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-01 Simple Health & Beauty

West Midlands, United Kingdom

Simple Health & Beauty Ltd.(formerly Accantia) is a health & beauty business in Uk.

Sell £240M