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Italy's Campari builds up bourbon business with $600 million Kentucky deal
Published Oct 31, 2022 05:48AM ET
Updated Oct 31, 2022 10:58AM ET
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Campari bottles are seen in a bar downtown Milan, Italy, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Campari bottles are seen in a bar downtown Milan, Italy, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
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MILAN (Reuters) -Italian spirits group Campari said on Monday it had reached an agreement to buy an initial 70% stake in Wilderness Trail Distillery for $420 million, strengthening its bourbon offer.
Under the agreement, Campari has an option to buy the remaining 30% of the Kentucky-based producer of bourbon and rye whiskey in 2031.
The deal implies a current enterprise value of $600 million, which makes it the second biggest acquisition for the Italian group after it bought Grand Marnier in 2016.
"By adding the fast-growing super premium Wilderness Trail brand we further expand and premiumise our bourbon offering, priming it to become Campari Group's second major leg after the aperitif portfolio", Chief Executive Bob Kunze-Concewitz said in a statement.
He added that the acquisition allows the group, which already controls Wild Turkey, to significantly expand its production capacity and ageing inventory to satisfy the future growth of Campari's premium bourbons.
Campari's shares were up 1.6% at 0820 GMT, the second best performing stock on Milan's FTSE MIB index.
Campari said it would finance the deal, which is expected to close before year end, with a combination of available cash and bank term loans, increasing the current net debt/EBITDA-adjusted ratio from 1.5 times to 2.3 times.
Wilderness Trail Distillery, which was started in 2012, expects sales to jump 39% to $57 million in 2022, with core earnings of $37 million.
The United States is already Campari's largest market.
Speaking to Reuters last week, Kunze-Concewitz highlighted the importance of the U.S. market for potential expansion and said it wanted to grow its business in aged spirits.
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