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Mergers & Acquisitions

Ceagro Agronegocios

(Brazil)

Sale of 40% of its shares to Grupo Los Grobo 
(Argentina)

to do

2008
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Beverage Marketing USA, Inc.

(U.S.A.)

Sale of equity stake in Beverage Marketing USA, Inc. to Patriarch Partners
(U.S.A.)

to do

2008
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Celulosa Argentina S.A.

(Argentina)

Fairness opinion on the acquisition of Fabrica Nacional de Papel, TC Rey and Forestadora Tapebicua

to do

2008
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Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

(U.S.A.)

Acquisition of Caribana 
(Costa Rica/Panama)
USD 403 million

to do

2008
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Pernod Ricard/Casa Pedro Domecq

(Mexico)

Sale of Baraima & Cubaraima rum to BA Spirits de México 
(Mexico)

to do

2008
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VION Food Group

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Grampian Country Food Group 
(U.K.)

to do

PENDING
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Bakkersland Groep BV

(The Netherlands)

Advice on increase in stake by Parcom Capital 
(the Netherlands)

to do

PENDING
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Milk Partnership Ltd.

(U.K.)

Joint acquisition with Arla Foods amba of a minority stake in Arla Foods Plc
(U.K.)

to do

2008
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Fonterra

(New Zealand)

Strategic advice on capital restructuring projects

to do

2008
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OSI Group

(U.S.A.)

Fairness opinion on sale of Brazilian units and Moy Park Group business to Marfrig
(Brazil)
USD 680 million

to do

PENDING
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Scarlet Telecom N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Scarlet Telecom to Belgacom 
(Belgium)
EUR 185 million

to do

PENDING
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Molinos Rio de la Plata S.A.

(Argentina)

Acquisition of a 36% stake in Delverde
(Italy)

to do

PENDING
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Netia SA

(Poland)

Acquisition of Tele2 Polska 
by Netia 
(Poland)
PLN 98 million

to do

PENDING
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Van Dijk Food

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Vleminckx Food Industries 
(Belgium)

to do

PENDING
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Egeria Capital

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Ad van Geloven
to Lion Capital
(The Netherlands/U.K.)

to do

PENDING
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Wernsing Feinkost GmbH

(Germany)

Acquisition of the Flensted Group
(Denmark)

to do

PENDING
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Capgemini S.A.

(France)

Acquisition of Business Application Services B.V
(The Netherlands)
EUR 255 million (equity value)

to do

PENDING
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Grupo Osborne S.A.

(Spain)

Joint venture with The Wine Group 
(U.S.A.)

to do

2008
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Alto Dairy Cooperative

(U.S.A)

Sale of Alto Dairy Cooperative to Saputo Inc.
(Canada)

to do

PENDING
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Agropur

(Canada)

Acquisition of Trega Foods Inc.
(U.S.A.)

to do

PENDING
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CVC Capital Partners Group

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of a majority stake in Schuitema N.V. from Ahold N.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

PENDING
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Bouwfonds Asset Management

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of CAIW by Bouwfonds Asset Management 
(The Netherlands)

to do

PENDING
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Gilde Buy Out Partners, AAC Capital Partners, et al.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Drie Mollen International to CapVest
(The Netherlands/U.K.)

to do

2008
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MeesPierson Informal Opportunity Fund

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Van Dijk Food Holding to Bencis Capital Partners
(The Netherlands)

to do

2008
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Perdigão S.A.

(Brazil)

Acquisition of Plusfood Groep B.V. from Cebeco B.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

2008
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Agropur

(Canada)

Joint venture with Adecoagro
(Canada/Argentina)

to do

2007
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Strikwerda Snacks B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of K.B. de Soufflé Specialist to Ruisfood B.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Nordmilch AG

(Germany)

Financial restructuring of Nordmilch’s debt

to do

2007
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Rabobank Nederland

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Alex Beleggersbank to BinckBank N.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Milk Link Limited

(U.K.)

Merger with First Milk Limited
(U.K.)

to do

2007
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InBev nv/sa

(Belgium)

Sale of United Dutch Breweries to Nimbus Investments B.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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De Goudse Verzekeringen

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of a 51% stake in Van Lanschot Assurantiën from Van Lanschot
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Nordmilch AG

(Germany)

Acquisition of a majority stake in 
IMEKO Holding NV
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Royal Swets & Zeitlinger N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of 
Royal Swets & Zeitlinger 
by Gilde Buy Out Partners 
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Dossche Sp. z.o.o.

(Poland)

Sale of Dossche’s Gourmand Polska bakery business to Vandemoortele Polska
(Poland/Belgium)

to do

2007
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Vale do Rosário

(Brazil)

Merger with Santa Elisa
(Brazil)

to do

2007
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Abengoa S.A.

(Spain)

Acquisition of Grupo Dedini Agro
(Brazil)
EUR 500 million

to do

Pending
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Universal Blanchers LLC.

(U.S.A.)

Sale of Universal Blanchers to Olam International Ltd.
(Singapore)

to do

2007
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Getronics N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Strategic advise on public offer for Getronics N.V. by Royal KPN N.V.
(The Netherlands)
EUR 1.2 billion

to do

Pending
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Flamingo Holdings Ltd.

(U.K.)

Sale of Flamingo Holdings to James Finlay
(U.K.)

to do

2007
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Destilaria Alcidia

(Brazil)

Sale of Destilaria Alcidia to Odebrecht Group
(Brazil)
USD 150 million

to do

2007
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Greenfield Capital Partners

(The Netherlands)

Sale of WDM International BV to
Bisnode AB
(Netherlands/Sweden)

to do

2007
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Nutreco Holding N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Maple Leaf Animal
Nutrition business from 
Maple Leaf Food Inc.
(Canada)
CAD 500 million

to do

2007
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Koninklijke Smilde B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Gebr. Smilde B.V. and Gebr. Smilde GmbH to VION N.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Perdigão S.A.

(Brasil)

Acquisition of Plusfood Groep B.V. from Cebeco Groep B.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

Pending
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Koninklijke Nedschroef Holding

(The Netherlands)

Public offer for Nedschroef by Gilde Buyout Partners
(The Netherlands)
EUR 258 million

to do

2007
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Tereos/Syral SAS

(France)

Acquisition of 50% in Tate & Lyle's F&I Ingredients division (TALFIIE) by Syral SAS
(U.K./France)
GPB 200-220 million

to do

2007
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Milk Partnership Ltd.

(U.K.)

Sale of minority stake in
Arla Foods UK Plc. to
Arla Foods AmbA
(U.K.)

to do

2007
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Bakkersland Groep B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Bakkersland Banket to Gilde Participants
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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UnieKaas Holding B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of UnieKaas Holding B.V. to
Parcom Ventures B.V.
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Nederlandse Bieten Federatie

(The Netherlands)

Strategic advise with respect to the
sale of CSM Suiker B.V.
(The Netherlands)
EUR 240 million

to do

2007
more

Premier Foods Plc.

(U.K.)

Sale of MBM Produce Ltd. to Abbanoy
Produce Holdings Ltd.
(U.K.)

to do

2007
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American Sugar Refining Inc.

(U.S.A.)

Acquisition of Tate & Lyle Canada Ltd.
(U.S.A.)
USD 254 million

to do

2007
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Providence Equity Partners

(U.K.)

Acquisition of majority stake in
CanalDigitaal and TV Vlaanderen
(Netherlands/Belgium)

to do

2007
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Baarsma Wine Group Holding B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Cellarmaster Wines Europe B.V. from Foster's Group Ltd.
(Australia)

to do

2007
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Saputo Inc.

(Canada)

Acquisition of Land O'Lakes West Coast industrial cheese business
(U.S.A.)
USD 216 million

to do

2007
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Baarsma Wine Group Holding B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Baarsma Wine Group Holding B.V. to Veenwijk Holding B.V. 
(The Netherlands)

to do

2007
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Incotec Holding B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Incotec Holding B.V. to management

to do

2007
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Uniq plc.

(United Kingdom)

Sale of Uniq Belgium N.V. to Gilde Participaties
EUR 60 million

to do

2006
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Schuitema N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Joint acquisition with Albert Heijn B.V. of 29 Konmar stores from Laurus N.V.

to do

2006
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Rabobank Group

(The Netherlands)

Acq. of Bouwfonds Property Development, Asset Managm. & Rijnlandse Bank by Rabobank Group EUR 845 million

to do

2006
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Bencis Capital Partners B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Unlimited Sports Group B.V. by Bencis Capital Partners B.V.

to do

2006
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Bencis Capital Partners B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Perry Sport B.V. by Unlimited Sports Group B.V.

to do

2006
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Perkins Foods Group

(United Kingdom)

Sale of Enkco Foodgroup to Beleggingsmaatschappij De Molenbeek B.V.

to do

2006
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Koninklijke Numico N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Dumex India Pvt. Ltd. 
to Wockhardt Ltd.

to do

2006
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Demon

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Demon Netherlands 
to Royal KPN N.V.
EUR 69 million

to do

2006
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Athlon Holding N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Public offer for Athlon Holding N.V. by 
De Lage Landen International B.V.
EUR 580 million

to do

2006
more

Frans Maas N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Fairness Opinion

to do

2006
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Priority Telecom N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Public offer for Priority Telecom by Chellomedia Priority B.V.

to do

2006
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Veronica Holding B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale and re-purchase of equity stake in Sky Radio Group next to TMG

to do

2006
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Irdeto Access B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of Philips’ Crypto Works Conditional Access business by Irdeto

to do

2006
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SOS Cuétara S.A.

(Spain)

Acquisition of all assets and shares of the Lassie rice business

to do

2006
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Industri Kapital Limited

(United Kingdom)

Acquisition of Wehkamp by Industi Kapital from GUS plc

(The Netherlands/United Kingdom)

to do

2006
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Koninklijke KPN N.V.

(The Netherlands)

Acquisition of
Nozema Services N.V.

to do

2006
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Veronica Holding B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of 10% share in SBS Nederland to KKR-Permira
(The Netherlands/United States)

to do

2005
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Ariteus B.V.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Jaczon B.V. to Cornelis Vrolijk Holding B.V.

to do

2005
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Fox Paine & Company LLC

(United States)

Sale of the sugar beet seed activities of Advanta to Florimond Desprez

to do

2005
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Agrico Coöp. U.A.

(The Netherlands)

Sale of CêlaVíta B.V. to 
Wernsing Feinkost GmbH

to do

2005
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Westland Co-operative Dairy Company

(Australia)

Strategic advice on capital and corporate structure

to do

2005
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Rabobank Group

(The Netherlands)

Sale of Effectenbank Stroeve to Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoise

to do

2005
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Rabobank & Friesland Bank

(The Netherlands)

Sale of the assets of Subliem BVBA to Uniq Belgium N.V.

to do

2005
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Fox Paine & Company LLC

(United States)

Sale of the European non sugar beet seed activities of Advanta to Limagrain

to do

2005
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