This article appeared in Finance Magazine

Deal of the Year 2005: C&C’s €726 million IPO leads the deals in this year’s deal directory
The IPO of food and drinks company C&C on the Dublin and London stock exchanges last May is the largest deal nominated in this year’s FINANCE Deal of the Year survey. Other top deals of the past 12 months as selected by Ireland’s leading corporate financiers for inclusion in the survey, include the Grafton Group’s €353 million takeover of the Heiton Group, and the €117 million acquisition of the Gresham Hotels Group by a group of investors, David Coleman, Bryan Cullen and John Joe Murphy.
This article appeared in the May 2005 edition of Finance Magazine.