Refresco Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Jardine Cycle & Carriage is a Singapore-listed regional investment holding company within the Jardine Matheson group. Founded in 1899, it owns strategic interests in automotive distribution, financial services, consumer goods, agribusiness and industrial companies across Southeast Asia. The group earns dividends, share of associate profits and operating income from controlled businesses. It serves regional consumers and enterprises through portfolio companies rather than offering an external retail investment fund. In November 2017 JC&C built a 10% Vinamilk position for approximately USD1.15 billion through market purchases and successful participation in SCIC's auction. The retained event isolates the 3.33% SCIC block, which Vietnamese government reporting says generated VND8.99 trillion of proceeds.

Sojitz Corp is a Japanese business conglomerate. The group operates eight business segments: Automobile, Aviation/Social Infrastructure, Chemistry, Consumer Goods and Agribusiness, Energy and Healthcare, Metals, Resources and Recycling, Retail and Consumer Services, and Others.. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Chemistry segment which which covers organic and inorganic chemicals, functional and fine chemicals, industrial salts, natural healthcare products, rare earths, general-purpose and high-performance resins, eco-friendly resins, packaging materials, films and sheets, plastic molding machines, synthetic resin products, liquid crystals, optical products, electronic materials such as printed circuit boards, and textile raw materials.

Sigma Foods SAB de CV is a multinational food company focused on the production, marketing, and distribution of food products through brands in Mexico, Europe, the United States, and Latin America. The company's key offerings include: i) Cold cuts: Ham, sausage, bacon, chorizo, among others. ii) Matured meats: Serrano, prosciutto, salami, fuet, among others. iii) Dairy products: Yogurt, cheeses, butter, margarine, among others. iv) Other: Snacks, prepared foods, plant-based foods, beverages, among others.

Hongjiu Fruit is a Chongqing Yubei-headquartered supply chain provider focused on wholesale distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables. Established in 1987, the company operates multiple sales channels including supermarkets, e-commerce platforms, and direct-to-consumer outlets while developing branded suppliers and integrated fruit supply chain services nationwide in China.

Celsius Holdings plays in the energy drink subsegment of the global nonalcoholic beverage market, with 95% of revenue concentrated in North America. The firm now owns three energy drink brands: Celsius, Alani Nu, and Rockstar Energy. It dedicates its efforts to product innovation and marketing while outsourcing manufacturing and packaging to third-party co-packers and distribution to PepsiCo. The firm issued convertible preferred shares following PepsiCo's investments in 2022 and 2025, giving the latter an 11% stake in Celsius.

Primo Brands Corp is a North American branded beverage company focused on healthy hydration. It delivers sustainably and domestically sourced diversified offerings across products, formats, channels, price points, and consumer occasions, distributed in every state and Canada. Primo Brands is in reusable packaging, helping to reduce waste through its reusable, multi-serve bottles and brand packaging portfolio, which includes recycled plastic, aluminum, and glass.

Global Eggs is a multinational producer and distributor of table eggs, based in Luxembourg and controlled by Brazilian entrepreneur Ricardo Faria, its founder and executive chairman. It owns Granja Faria in Brazil, Hillandale Farms in the United States, which it bought in 2025 for $1.1 billion, and Grupo Hevo in Spain, its first overseas acquisition in November 2024. The company operates more than 50 farms with over 45 million birds across the United States, South America and Europe and sells conventional, cage-free, free-range and specialty eggs, and it was on track to produce more than 15 billion eggs in 2026. Hillandale, Hevo and Granja Faria together generated more than $2 billion of revenue in 2024. BTG Pactual's private equity arm agreed in 2025 to buy an 11% stake for $300 million, and Warburg Pincus agreed in March 2026 to invest up to $1 billion at an $8 billion valuation, giving the company growth capital in place of a planned New York listing. Global Eggs was founded in 2018.

Finning International Inc is a dealer and distributor of heavy-duty machinery and parts of the Caterpillar brand. The company sells and rents Caterpillar machinery to the mining, construction, petroleum, forestry, and power system application industries. Finning International further provides parts and services for equipment and engines to its customers via its owned distribution network and buys and sells used equipment domestically and internationally after reconditioning or rebuilding the machinery. The company operates in Canada, Chile, UK, Argentina and Others.

Reece is an Australian distributor of plumbing supplies and bathroom products, with businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Reece Australia holds Australia’s largest range of individual plumbing stock-keeping units, supporting plumbing needs for general plumbing, bathrooms, kitchens, heating and air conditioning, irrigation, refrigeration, pools, commercial and government projects, and fire services.In the Australia and New Zealand markets, Reece’s trade, customers are mostly small to medium plumbing businesses working in the areas of residential repairs, renovations, or new home builds.The US business principally serves plumbers working on commercial and residential construction projects and has a network of almost 300 stores in the southern Sunbelt states.

Busy Ming Group Co Ltd is principally engaged in the sale of snacks and beverages as well as the provision of related services. The company operates under the two brands: Ling Shi Hen Mang (Snacks Are Busy) and Zhao Yiming (Zhao Yiming Snacks). The majority of its revenue is derived from (i) sales of goods to franchisees and (ii) fees for franchising services. Geographically, it generates revenue only from the PRC.

Barry Callebaut is the leading global manufacturer and supplier of cocoa and chocolate ingredients, employing over 13,000 people. Customers include food and beverage manufacturers as well as artisans, chocolatiers, pastry chefs, and bakers who use chocolate professionally. Barry Callebaut is vertically integrated, from raw material (cocoa bean) procurement through to chocolate manufacturing, without owning any cocoa farms. The firm produces around 40% of the world's industrial chocolate (open market), and its products are used in approximately 20% of the world's chocolate and cocoa goods.

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd operates predominantly in the international dairy industry. The company is involved in the collection, manufacture, and sale of milk and milk-derived products through its ingredients, Consumer and Foodservice channels. The company's reportable segments are Global Markets, Greater China, and Core Operations and the majority of the revenue is generated from its core operations segment. Its primary geographic markets is Asia, China, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the Rest of the world.

Core & Main is a leading specialty distributor with a focus on water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products. The company provides solutions to municipalities, private water companies, and professional contractors across municipal, nonresidential, and residential end markets. The company’s specialty products and services are used in the maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction of water and fire protection infrastructure.

Lamb Weston is North America’s largest and the world’s second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, both by volume and value. The company’s portfolio is anchored by french fries, but it also sells sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. Roughly two thirds of revenue comes from its home market of North America, with none of the other 100 countries the company sells into representing a significant share. McDonald’s is Lamb Weston’s single-largest customer at 15% of fiscal 2025 sales, with no other company representing more than 10%. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.

Smithfield Foods Inc is a hog producer and pork processor based in the United States of America. The company conducts its operations through three reportable segments: Packaged Meats, Fresh Pork, and Hog Production. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Packaged Meats segment. The Packaged Meats segment consists of the company's U.S. operations that process fresh meat into a wide variety of packaged meats products, including bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and lunch meats, dry sausage products (such as pepperoni and genoa), ham products, ready-to-eat products and prepared foods (such as pre-cooked entrees, bacon and sausage).

Pool Corp distributes swimming pool supplies and related products. Its products include non-discretionary pool-maintenance products, like chemicals and replacement parts, as well as pool equipment, like packaged pools (kits to build swimming pools), cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights. Customers include pool builders and remodelers, independent retail stores, and pool repair and service companies.

HeyTea is a Guangdong province-headquartered tea beverage chain renowned for cheese foam-topped teas and fresh fruit infusions like mango pomelo and strawberry cheese. Founded in 2012 in Kaiping as RoyalTea before rebranding, it operates outlets in over 300 Chinese cities and international locations in Los Angeles, London, and Sydney. The menu emphasizes low-sugar recipes using Southeast Asian fruits and has earned accolades from Time magazine as a top global chain.

Haldiram Snacks is a Delhi-based manufacturer of traditional Indian sweets, namkeens, and ready-to-eat foods, operating since 1937. The company produces over 150 product varieties including soan papdi, gulab jamun, bhujia, and dal moth from eight facilities across India, generating annual revenues exceeding INR 8,000 crore and serving global markets through 2,000 distributors.