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Bacardi to buy high-end tequila maker Patron in $5.1 billion deal

Published 23/01/2018, 03:25
Updated 23/01/2018, 03:25
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO -  An exhibitor arranges Bacardi rum bottles during the TFWA exhibition in Cannes

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO - An exhibitor arranges Bacardi rum bottles during the TFWA exhibition in Cannes

(Reuters) - Bacardi Ltd said on Monday it would buy high-end tequila maker Patron Spirits International AG in a $5.1 billion (3.65 billion pounds) deal, hoping to become the second largest spirits company in the United States in market share by value.

The acquisition marks the first major deal under Mahesh Madhavan, who was appointed Bacardi's chief executive in October by the family that controls the company and founded it some 156 years ago in Cuba.

New, high-end tequilas including Patron's namesake drinks have helped the beverage broaden its reach beyond young partygoers.

While the global market for alcoholic drinks shrunk by 1.3 percent in 2016, the tequila market grew 5.2 percent, according to alcoholic beverage research firm IWSR.

Diageo Plc (L:DGE) last year bought George Clooney's premium tequila brand Casamigos for up to $1 billion.

Bermuda-based Bacardi, which owns 200 spirit labels, including Bombay Sapphire gin, Grey Goose vodka and its namesake white rum, has held a minority stake in Patron since 2008.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO -  An exhibitor arranges Bacardi rum bottles during the TFWA exhibition in Cannes

(This story has been refiled to correct paragraph one to market share by value, from market value.)

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