M&A Deal Summary

Valora Holding Acquires BackWerk Service

On September 18, 2017, Valora Holding acquired food company BackWerk Service from EQT for 190M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Valora Holding’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Valora Holding’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Valora Holding’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-09-18
Target BackWerk Service
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Valora Holding
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 190M EUR

Target

BackWerk Service

Eating, Germany
BackWerk Service GmbH is a German-based food service company. The company operates a franchise network of over 340 outlets in attractive locations mainly in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Valora Holding

Muttenz, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1905
Sector Retail
Employees3,618
Revenue 1.8B CHF (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Valora Holding is an economically robust, independent trading company operating on a Europe-wide scale. The Valora Group’s three divisions – Valora Retail, Valora Media (press wholesaling) and Valora Trade (distribution of fast-moving consumer goods). Valora Holding was founded in 1905 and is based in Muttenz, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector (Food) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 4
Country (Germany) 1 of 3
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-26 Pretzel Baron

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Pretzel Baron is a producer of pretzel products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-14 Back-Factory

Hamburg, Germany

Back-Factory offers a wide variety of snack creations in 89 stores across Germany. Back-Factory operates as franchises and own outlets, is particularly well represented in city centers, and has long-term rental contracts. Back-Factory was founded in 2002 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 99 of 186
Sector (Food) 6 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 44 of 72
Country (Germany) 19 of 34
Year (2017) 11 of 13
Size (of disclosed) 36 of 42
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-14 Terveystalo

Helsinki, Finland

Terveystalo is a private healthcare service provider serving private consumers, companies and organizations, and the public sector. The company offers a wide variety of integrated primary, secondary, occupational health, and diagnostic care services. Terveystalo was founded in 2001 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-20 TransIP

Leiden, Netherlands

TransIP is the largest independent domain name, hosting, and Virtual Private Server (“VPS”) provider in the Benelux with a focus on tech-savvy customers and IT professionals. TransIP was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Leiden in the Netherlands.

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