date:Mar 11, 2014
sources said.
Hans-Peter Wild, son of founder Rudolf Wild, owns 65 percent of Wild Flavors, while buyout group KKR owns 35 percent. Wild is also the owner of a separate company which makes the Capri-Sun drink.
Potential buyers are likely to value the company at between 1.4 billion euros and 1.7 billion, or 10 to 12 times Wild Flavor's expected 2014 core earnings (EBITDA) of 140 million euros, the sources said.
That would be in line with the valuation of competitors which trade at about 11 ti