THE NETHERLANDS - ABN AMRO helps Bols return home in EUR 210m deal

ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity business of ABN AMRO, and Huub van Doorne, former Rémy Cointreau SA Group executive board director, have agreed the buyout of a selection of key liqueurs and spirits of French international drinks company Rémy Cointreau. The buyout will result in the formation of a new and independent company, Lucas Bols B.V. The transaction, which is expected to complete in April subject to regulatory approval, values the business at EUR 210m and will see the world’s oldest distiller, founded in Amsterdam in 1575, return to its Dutch homeland.