M&A Deal Summary

Unilever Acquires Alberto-Culver

On September 27, 2010, Unilever acquired consumer products company Alberto-Culver for 3.7B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Unilever’s 5th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Unilever’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Unilever’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Unilever’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-09-27
Target Alberto-Culver
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Unilever
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 3.7B USD

Target

Alberto-Culver

Melrose Park, Illinois, United States
Alberto Culver Company manufactures, distributes and markets leading beauty care and other personal care brands including TRESemmé, Alberto VO5, Nexxus, St. Ives, Simple and Noxzema in the United States and internationally. It is also the second largest producer in the U.S. of products for the ethnic hair care market with leading brands including Motions and Soft & Beautiful.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Unilever

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1894
Sector Consumer Products
Employees148,949
Revenue 50.7B EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Unilever is a multinational consumer goods company. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning goods and personal care products. Unilever was founded in 1894 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 45
Sector (Consumer Products) 5 of 29
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 35
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 6 of 24
Year (2010) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-27 Alberto Culver

Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Alberto Culver Company manufactures, distributes and markets beauty care and other personal care brands including TRESemmé, Alberto VO5, Nexxus, St. Ives, Simple and Noxzema in the United States and internationally. It is also the second major producer in the U.S. of products for the ethnic hair care market with major brands including Motions and Soft & Beautiful.

Buy $3.7B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Greece

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