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Oghma Partners Advises Icelandic Group on Sale of Seachill to Hilton Food Group

October 18, 2017

Oghma Partners LLP (“Oghma Partners”) is pleased to announce its role as financial adviser to Icelandic Group on the sale for cash of its UK-based subsidiary Icelandic Group UK (“Seachill”), to Hilton Food Group plc (“Hilton”), a leading specialist international meat packing business, for an Enterprise Value of GBP 84 million.  The Seachill sale process, announced by the Board of Icelandic Group in April 2017, received significant interest from multiple parties on a global basis.  The transaction is due to complete on or around 7 November 2017.

Seachill will become a standalone division of Hilton following completion, with the existing Seachill management team remaining in place.  Simon Smith, the current Seachill Chief Executive Officer, will continue to lead the business as a divisional head of Hilton.

Seachill is a major supplier of chilled and frozen natural whitefish and salmon and added value products within the coated and ready-to-eat fish sectors.  Seachill is also the owner of The Saucy Fish Co. which has gained recognition and success both domestically and internationally as a modern, consumer- focused brand.

Hilton is a leading specialist international meat packing business, supplying major international retailers from its state-of-the-art facilities.  Hilton’s business was established in 1994 to set up and operate a beef and lamb central meat packing facility in Huntingdon, UK.  Hilton has grown rapidly and now has six factories across Europe plus two joint ventures which allow the Group’s products to be sold in supermarkets across 14 European countries. Hilton is a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: T2 2017 deal value significantly down on previous years

September 20, 2017

Oghma Partners has now released the UK Food & Beverage Sector M&A Review for the second tertial of 2017!

Value is significantly down on previous years for the same period and like the volume level is at its lowest point since T2 2013.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: The Beverage category experienced the greatest volume of deals in T2 2017

September 12, 2017

Oghma Partners has now released the UK Food & Beverage Sector M&A Review for the second tertial of 2017!

The food and beverage category that experienced the greatest volume of deals in T2 2017 were Beverages. There were notable acquisitions from Marstons Plc and Carlsberg.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: M&A activity levels continue to slowdown but investment from overseas remains strong

September 10, 2017

The Oghma Partners UK Food & Beverage Sector M&A Review for the second tertial of 2017 has now been released!

For 2017 YTD the percentage of acquisitions made by foreign investors stands at 42.0% of total deal volume which is the highest level seen since 2010.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: The sector faces a number of crosscurrents for the remainder of the year

May 25, 2017

The Oghma Partners UK Food & Beverage Sector M&A Review for the first tertial of 2017 has now been released!

In this latest addition we review the prospects for the rest of the year and the number of crosscurrents that the sector has to face. These include increasing input prices due to Brexit driven currency devaluation, labour cost headwinds, new pension and living wage costs and the reduction in real wages.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: Activity from financial buyers was up significantly and there was sustained appetite from overseas investors

May 22, 2017

Oghma Partners LLP is pleased to announce that the T1 2017 M&A Review of the UK Food & Beverage Sector has now been released.

Investment from overseas accounted for 29% of total deal volume for the first tertial vs. 14% for the whole of 2016. For the first tertial of 2017 the volume of transactions from overseas investors was at a similar level to that seen in T1 2016.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: T1 2017 activity falls from a year ago

May 20, 2017

Oghma Partners LLP has now released the T1 2017 M&A Review of the UK Food & Beverage Sector.

After a strong second half last year, despite Brexit, the first four months of 2017 (“T1”) have shown a marked slowdown in completed M&A deals by volume. However, deal completion levels remain higher than compared with T1 of 2015 and 2014.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: Most active year since 2007 in terms of deal volume

January 12, 2017

The Oghma Partners LLP T3 2016 M&A Review of the UK Food & Beverage Sector has now been released!

Deal volume in the Food & Beverage Sector bucks the trend of all UK Sectors in 2016. Total deal volume for 2016 (113 transactions) was the greatest volume of deals since 2007 (114 transactions).

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: Most active year since 2007 by volume but deal value down

January 11, 2017

Oghma Partners LLP has now released the T3 2016 M&A Review of the UK Food & Beverage Sector.

Despite 2016 being the most active year in terms of deal volume since 2007, overall deal value was down from levels seen in 2015.

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UK Food & Beverage Sector: Activity from overseas investors post-Brexit remains strong

January 10, 2017

Oghma Partners LLP is pleased to announce that the T3 2016 M&A Review of the UK Food & Beverage Sector has been released.

In this latest review we outline the increase in takeover activity of UK companies by foreign buyers. Post Brexit there were 21 F&B transactions from overseas investors compared to 14 pre-Brexit.

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