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To: Anna

From: Revanth
Subject: List of potential merger and acquisition clients

Hello anna ,

As a result of listening to the call with the Director at our Hong Kong office where five potential targets for
WorldWide Brewing Co were discussed, I have prepared a summary that includes a brief description of each
company along with my comments about whether they should be shared with Carlos.

Company Description Relevance to WorldWide Recommendation


Brewing

HappyHour HappyHour Co. is the largest It has similar operations to Recommend


Co. player in Singapore and WorldWide Brewing across the
Malaysia, in the segments of same segments and is the
beer, spirits and non- leading player in Singapore and
alcoholic beverages. Its Malaysia, suggesting the
operations include potential for strategic benefits
manufacturing facilities, and synergies. It has solid
distribution and direct sales financial results and an
and it has demonstrated ownership structure that is
strong growth in EBITDA in owned by 3 families, rendering a
FY2020 which was up 20% potential acquisition relatively
pcp and amounted to simple and feasible. HappyHour
US$300mm. Co. would be appropriate to
share.
Spirit Bay
Spirit bay is an Indonesian The company has similar recommend
company , also situated in segments and these can be
Singapore, Malaysia and altered with appropriate
China. They are the #1 strategies , the ownership of
player in Indonesia, and #2 the company is diverse , 60%
in Singapore and Malaysia. owned by global sponsor and
They provide the three 40% is employee , where the
segments , Operations are simplicity is reduced , but still
integrated and the market opportunities are
manufacturing facilities wide in Singapore, Malaysia
are located in Indonesia and China where the clients
Company reported requirements are matched
US$400mm in EBITDA and The company has also
a 40% growth in FY2020 recorded an remarkable
growth

Hipsters’ Hipsters’ Ale, a Malaysian The company matches to the Recommend


Ale company operating in interest of worldwide brewing
Singapore, Indonesia, as their product segment is
Japan, present in multiple countries an
The company is owned by 30
Korea and Cambodia.
Hipsters’ Ale also independent breweries. In
manufacture, distribute, fact, the manufacturing
and sell their products facilities is led by a
directly. consortium of independent
They only offer two microbreweries in each
segments – beer and respective region which may
spirits and the company affect the feasibility of the
achieved US$200mm merger
EBITDA in FY2020, up 15%
in fy2020
Brew Co, a Malaysian
Brew co. company. They only The company would not be Do no recommend
operate manufacturing compatible for a merger for
facilities, but are the #1 worldwide brewing as it is only
alcohol manufacturing present in Malaysia and they
operate manufacturing as well ,
player in Malaysia , the
the companys Shareholders
company is down
are mostly institutional. They
compared to last year
are listed on the Bursa
US$800mm in EBITDA for
Malaysia, the stock exchange
FY2020, which is actually
in Malaysia thus increasing
5% down from last year.
the intricacy of the merger

The company is based in The company has a large market


Bevy’s Singapore. They operate in reach and the also offer the Recommend
Direct the 3 segments across three segments similar to
Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Worldwide brewing but the
operations and distribution is on
Japan, Korea, Cambodia,
wholesale basis
Australia and New
The owner is a single family
Zealand, but they only do
thus making it easy for a
wholesale distribution.
merger , they have also
US$250mm in FY2020
achieved a stunning market
EBITDA, up 20% from the
reach across 8 different
year prior
countries

Let me know if you have any questions or if I can help with anything else.

Yours sincerely
Revanth

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