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Raiffeisen Investment advises Karlovarské minerální vody, a.s. (Carlsbad Mineral water) on the acquisition of minority stake in Waldquelle Kobersdorf

16 Aug 2007

Raiffeisen Investment, advised the Czech Republic’s beverage market leader Karlovarské minerálni vody a.s. (Carlsbad Mineral Water) on the acquisition of a 25.1% stake in the Austrian mineral water bottler Waldquelle Kobersdorf G.m.b.H. based in the eastern Austrian state of Burgenland.
The stake is being sold by Raiffeisenlandesbank Burgenland. “The transaction brings together a strong local mineral water brand with an extremely successful and powerful international brand-name beverage company with Austrian roots. This lays a good foundation for the continued expansion of Waldquelle,” says executive board member Heinz Sernetz. The deal, he adds, underlines Raiffeisen Investment’s competence in cross-border M&A in the consumer goods sector.


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