ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH and the management team headed by CEO Jaap Schalken have sold their holding in KAMPS to the French bakery and quick service system holding Groupe Le Duff.

Network Corporate Finance exclusively advised the selling shareholders and KAMPS in connection with the transaction.

Transaction

ECM Equity Capital Management together with the KAMPS’ management team headed by CEO Jaap Schalken sold KAMPS GmbH to the French bakery and quick service system holding Groupe Le Duff. The management will re-invest in the company and remain in their current management role.

Company

KAMPS is the best known brand in the German retail bakery market and one of the most established in the quick service sector. With more than 480 outlets mainly at urban high pedestrian traffic locations the company ranks seventh among quick service systems and in the top 3 of retail bakery chains in Germany. Outlets are largely operated by franchisees in the formats KAMPS and KAMPS Backstube and are supplied by the central production facility at the company`s headoffice in Schwalmtal, Germany. With the opening of the first outlets in London KAMPS has achieved initial proof-of-concept for the anticipated international roll-out of its concept. In 2014 system sales amounted to more than EUR 200

For additional information on KAMPS: www.kamps.de