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Oghma Partners is pleased to announce the release of the latest M&A review covering the food and beverage industry for the first months of 2013. Activity highlights include the £720 million acquisition of R&R ice cream by private equity group PAI Partners (the largest Private Equity deal involving the UK food sector since the 2008 acquisition of Foodvest by Lion Capital) as well as LDC’s investment in Fever Tree.

The UK, European and Global economic outlook remains mixed with contradictory signals being generated across the breadth of the global economy. Thus, for example, whilst GDP growth appears to be in mildly positive territory in the UK and the fear of a triple dip dissipates – concerns for growth in Southern Europe have mounted and worries of a slowdown in emerging markets has risen in intensity.
In contrast to the economic background, equity markets have risen significantly and there are some signs of a re-emergence of the IPO market in the UK and Europe – usually a helpful backdrop for M&A activity.

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The latest Oghma Partners M&A Review for T1 2013 is now available, on request.
It has been an interesting year so far with overseas buyers continued to be an important factor in M&A activity in the UK, accounting for a quarter of transactions by volume in the period down from 30% for the FY 2012. Oghma has noticed a significant increase in deal value ytd in 2013, albeit the number of deals remained in line with those recorded in the first tertial of 2012.

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The latest Oghma Partners M&A review is now available, covering the Food and Beverage industry for the last full year. 2012 witnessed a further recovery in UK Food & Beverage M&A deal volume with a 20% increase over 2011 to an estimated 87 deals. The increased volume of deals is also reflected in the value of deals with total deal value estimated at circa £4.3bn. The UK sector clearly remains an attractive market for inward investment, given its relatively open nature, the existence of scale branded businesses and the ownership structure of many of the companies. Private Equity/Financial buyers accounted for 16% of buyer activity in the period – little different from 2011.

We look forward to hearing from anyone who may be interested in receiving the review – please do contact us for further information.

The latest Oghma Partners M&A review is now available, covering the Food and Beverage industry for the last full year. 2012 witnessed a further recovery in UK Food & Beverage M&A deal volume with a 20% increase over 2011 to an estimated 87 deals; this total compares with only 64 deals in 2010 and is the highest volume of transactions in five years, though still some way off the 114 transactions we tracked in 2007.

We look forward to hearing from anyone who may be interested in receiving the review – please do contact us for further information.

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Oghma Partners LLP, the Food and Beverage focused corporate finance boutique, is pleased to announce the publication of its Scotch and Irish Whiskies M&A report. Copies of the report are available on request.

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Oghma Partners, the Mergers and Acquisitions boutique specialising in assisting clients operating in the Food and Beverage markets, has compiled a review of the Scotch and Whisk(e)y industries which is available now, upon request.

The recent acquisition of the Bruichladdich distillery by Remy Cointreau has demonstrated the increasing interest in whisk(e)y distilleries as acquisition opportunities by the larger multinational alcoholic beverage manufacturers such as Diageo and Pernod. Focus on the heritage and provenance of the distillery has also proved attractive for individual investors looking to revive an old brand.

The report looks in detail at industry activity, trends and analyses the future for the industry, including possible acquisition targets available for those larger companies wishing to acquire, as well as investment opportunities for individuals or groups of investors. The Oghma team will also offer individual, personalised advice and conduct bespoke research wherever requested – do contact us to request a copy of the review and set up a meeting.

Highlights of the review can also be found in our latest M&A review which is published every four months.

Oghma Partners was established in 2008 and provides acquisition, divestment, fund raising and strategy advice to European food and beverage companies and investors. For further information on how Oghma can assist food and beverage manufacturers and distributors, please do contact us via phone or email.