Mergers & Acquisitions

Hutten B.V. joins Albron

By 15 October 2024No Comments

YES Corporate Finance advised Albron’s works council in evaluating the financing for the acquisition of Hutten B.V.

About Albron

Albron is a leading food service organization, with a strong focus on delicious, healthy, sustainable, and affordable food and beverages. It operates with 4,500 employees across various sectors, including corporate cafeterias, healthcare facilities, shopping streets, and day recreation. Half of the profits of Albron BV go to its owner, Stichting Albron (the Albron Foundation), and are used for social projects related to food and drink. This unique ownership structure reflects Albron’s vision and idealistic background.

About Hutten B.V.

Hutten is a contemporary culinary and hospitality service provider with the mission of “Contributing to happiness.” The guest experience and passion for the craft of cooking are central to its services. In everything Hutten does, it aims to contribute to a healthy planet and happy people by working towards a sustainable future, healthy eating, and social equality. In this way, it has an impact on the world of today and tomorrow. Hutten operates with over 2,000 team members in corporate catering, its own hospitality services, event catering, healthcare catering, and food service.

The role of YES Corporate Finance

YES Corporate Finance advised Albron’s works council in evaluating the financing for the acquisition of Hutten B.V. The tasks performed by YES CF include:

  • Developing an independent financial model;
  • Assessing the financing structure;
  • Reviewing the transaction documentation;
  • Requesting relevant (additional) information;
  • Presenting and explaining the financial assessment;
  • Presenting the financial assessment in a report.

This assignment was the fourth advisory role of YES CF for a works council in a major acquisition in the past five quarters. The largest assignment involved a transaction of over EUR 400 million (the name of these transaction have not been published).

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Managing Partner

Guido Emanuels

Guido Emanuels (1966) is managing partner at YES Corporate Finance. Guido has more than 25 years of experience in M&A and financial advice. He has a background of 27 years within PwC and has been an independent CF consultant since 2018. As a CF adviser, Guido has led or was closely involved in more than 50 national and international transactions. He has specific sector experience in agri-food, business services, construction & construction and startups, with a clear focus on family businesses and major shareholders (DGA’s).
Associate Director

Eric Koelmans

Eric Koelmans (1994) joined YES Corporate Finance in 2019 and is currently an associate director. Eric holds a Bachelor in Business Economics with a specialization in Financing and Organization and a Master of Corporate Finance from the University of Amsterdam. Eric has gained experience at YES Corporate Finance as an intern after obtaining his Bachelor degree in 2018.
Analyst

Valentijn Achterberg

Valentijn Achterberg (1996) started as an analyst at Yes Corporate Finance in September 2023. He completed his bachelor’s degree in International Business Administration at the Vrije Universiteit and subsequently obtained a master’s degree in Finance & Investments from Erasmus University. During his bachelor’s studies, he gained international experience through an exchange program at ESSCA Shanghai Campus, China, and acquired work experience at ING. In addition to his master’s degree, he worked as a finance work-student at a life sciences scale-up, where he later took on the role of Financial Planning & Analysis analyst.
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