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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek successfully reaches a conditional agreement for the sale of HEMA to a 50/50 consortium of Parcom and Mississippi Ventures, (the investment vehicle of the Dutch entrepreneurial family Van Eerd, owner of Jumbo supermarkets).
HEMA B.V. and its senior secured bondholders (represented by a majority group) reached a conditional agreement with a 50/50 consortium of Parcom and Mississippi Ventures for the contemplated sale of 100% of the outstanding shares of HEMA. This transaction was atypical as HEMA’s senior secured bondholders were the economic, but not yet legal owners. The transaction involves a complex hybrid purchase price mechanism, whereby the valuation is fixed as per the end of the company’s financial year and increased by an equity ticker for the period until completion. The consortium now have an exclusivity period of up to eight weeks in which to they can complete further due diligence and obtain Dutch bank financing. Together with HEMA’s management team, the consortium will prepare a joint business plan to realise HEMA’s future growth ambitions.
Arne Grimme: “This is a pivotal juncture for our client. Through a strength and depth of our multi-disciplinary expertise, we have been able to provide HEMA with a stable operating platform from which it can rollout its strategic plans. We have delivered a more sustainable future for this iconic Dutch brand, notwithstanding, but critical in, these turbulent times”.
Mississippi Ventures was advised by A&O, Parcom were advised by Clifford Chance, and the Bondholders by Loyens & Loeff and Kirkland & Ellis.
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