Nestlé's half-year release says the transaction "is expected to close in H1 2027" with "net cash proceeds of approximately CHF 2.8 billion expected in H1 2027", and Platinum Equity[3] says "expected to close by the first half of 2027"; the span's last day, 30 June 2027, is used as an estimate.
Expected completion of the deal that moves S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna and Nestlé's other waters into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity, paying Nestlé about EUR 3.0 billion (CHF 2.8 billion) in cash. Closing still needs employee consultations and regulatory approvals.
Nestlé expects the Peranel transaction to close in the first half of 2027, subject to employee consultation processes and applicable regulatory approvals[1]
The deal assigns an enterprise value of EUR 4.9 billion (CHF 4.5 billion) to Peranel, implying cash proceeds for Nestlé of about EUR 3.0 billion (CHF 2.8 billion) at closing[1]
Nestlé lists the joint venture first among portfolio actions "sharpening our focus on four core businesses", alongside the mainstream vitamins and ice cream businesses now classified as assets held for sale[1]
Peranel will hold more than 30 brands sold in 120 countries - S.Pellegrino, Source Perrier, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life and local waters - and be headquartered in Paris under CEO Muriel Lienau[2][3]
Platinum Equity values Peranel at $5.6 billion and calls it "a cornerstone investment" for its European business[3]
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nestle.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Jun 30, 2027 ✓· 30% of score
Nestlé's half-year release says the transaction "is expected to close in H1 2027" with "net cash proceeds of approximately CHF 2.8 billion expected in H1 2027", and Platinum Equity[3] says "expected to close by the first half of 2027"; the span's last day, 30 June 2027, is used as an estimate.
Nestlé's announcement: 50:50 JV, EUR 4.9 billion EV, about EUR 3.0 billion cash at closing, subject to employee consultation and regulatory approvals, expected to close in H1 2027.[1]
just-drinks.com· Published Jul 23, 2026· 23% of score
Just Drinks repeats that the deal is 'subject to employee consultation processes and applicable regulatory approvals' and expected to close in the first half of next year.
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CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE63 days agoNestlé's release is datelined "Vevey, Switzerland – July 23, 2026" and its half-year release says "On July 23, 2026, Nestlé and Platinum Equity[4] announced a plan to create Peranel"; Just Drinks[6] reports it was "issued alongside Nestlé's first-half results", and Platinum Equity's PR Newswire copy is stamped "Jul 23, 2026, 01:05 ET" (05:05 UTC), i.e. the 07:00 CEST results release.
Nestlé will put S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life and its other waters and premium beverages into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity valued at EUR 4.9 billion. Nestlé expects about EUR 3.0 billion in cash at closing, due in the first half of 2027.
SCHEDULED81% CONFIDENCEin 28 daysScheduled per the Shareholder information page of Nestlé's Half-Year Report 2026: "October 22, 2026 - 2026 nine-months sales figures"; the hour is estimated from the pattern of Nestlé's results releases, each stamped "01:00 ET" (07:00 in Vevey), which on 22 October (CEST) is 05:00 UTC.[1]
Nestlé publishes its January-September 2026 sales, the first update since it kept its 3% to 4% organic growth guidance in July and agreed the Peranel waters joint venture. Last year's nine-month release brought a 4.3% third quarter and about 16,000 job cuts.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoAP, datelined Paris 19 May 2025: 'a Senate inquiry commission said Monday'; Public Sénat: the senators 'ont rendu leurs conclusions ce lundi 19 mai'. The Senate's notice gives the filing: 'Rapport n° 628 (2024-2025), tome I, déposé le 14 mai 2025'.[1]
After six months and 73 hearings, a Senate commission said the French state hid Nestlé Waters' use of banned treatments on Perrier, Vittel, Contrex and Hépar, a fraud France's fraud-control agency puts at over 3 billion euros.
Nestlé Waters Supply Sud Source Perrier, Vergèze, Nîmes, Gard, Occitania, Metropolitan France, 30310, FranceNestlé
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE280 days agoGard prefecture: 'L'arrêté préfectoral d'autorisation d'exploiter N°30 2025 12 18 00009 a été publié ce jour' (published 19/12/2025); Actualités News Environnement: 'un arrêté préfectoral du 18 décembre 2025 y autorise l'exploitation des forages Romaine VI et Romaine VII'.[1]
The prefect authorised Nestlé Waters Supply Sud to bottle 'Source Perrier' natural mineral water at Vergèze from only the Romaine VI and VII boreholes, with three others disconnected and 24 months of reinforced health checks.
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE23 days agoNestlé's ad hoc announcement, datelined "Vevey, 1 September 2026", says "Nestlé has agreed to divest its mainstream Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements (VMS) business ... to Yellow Wood Partners for USD 1.0 billion"; Yellow Wood's matching PR Newswire[5] release ("BOSTON, Sept. 1, 2026") is stamped "Sep 01, 2026, 13:00 ET" (17:00 UTC).
Nestlé agreed to sell its mainstream vitamins business - Nature's Bounty, Osteo Bi-Flex, Ester-C, Gard, Nuun, Puritan's Pride and Sisu, with its US private-label supplements and their plants - to Yellow Wood Partners for $1.0 billion. The business had $1.2 billion of sales in 2025; Nestlé keeps premium brands such as Solgar and Pure Encapsulations.
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE358 days agoStated as firm: Nestlé's release of 16 September 2025 (Vevey) says "Pablo Isla will become Chairman effective October 1, following Paul Bulcke's decision to step down from the Board earlier than planned"; the pin is the effective day, the announcement having gone out on 16 September at 12:15 ET per GlobeNewswire[1].
Former Inditex boss Pablo Isla took over as Nestlé's chairman on 1 October 2025, six months earlier than planned, after Paul Bulcke chose to step down in the wake of the CEO's dismissal. Dick Boer became Lead Independent Director and Vice Chairman.
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE161 days agoStated as firm: Nestlé's release "Nestlé releases the results from its 159th Annual General Meeting" is dated 16 April 2026 and reports the meeting held that day at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne; the February board release had set the AGM for April 16, 2026.[1]
At its 159th Annual General Meeting in Lausanne, Nestlé's shareholders re-elected Pablo Isla as Chair and elected former Swiss National Bank chairman Thomas Jordan and P&G executive Fama Francisco to the board. They also approved a CHF 3.10 dividend, the 30th consecutive increase.
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE154 days agoNestlé's ad hoc 'Three-month sales 2026' release, datelined "Vevey, 23 April 2026", states "Nestlé has agreed the sale of Blue Bottle Coffee to Centurium Capital. The transaction is subject to the customary conditions and is expected to close during H1-26"; Daily Coffee News[4] calls this "the first direct confirmation from any of the companies involved that a sales agreement was reached".
Nestlé agreed to sell Blue Bottle Coffee, bought in 2017, to Centurium Capital, the biggest shareholder of China's Luckin Coffee, with the deal expected to close in the first half of 2026. The sale covers Blue Bottle's more than 100 cafes and most of its packaged-coffee business; Nestlé keeps the Blue Bottle Nespresso pods.
Nestlé Waters Supply Sud Source Perrier, Vergèze, Nîmes, Gard, Occitania, Metropolitan France, 30310, FranceNestlé
ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsThe prefect's decree of 18 December 2025 orders 'la poursuite d'un contrôle sanitaire renforcé sur une période de 24 mois sur les captages RVI et RVII' without saying when the period starts, so the end is estimated as 24 months after the decree.[1]
The 24-month reinforced health monitoring the Gard prefect imposed on Perrier's Romaine VI and VII boreholes runs out, and Nestlé must then show the spring's original purity and stable mineral content to keep its natural mineral water status.
ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsA target, not a fixed date: Nestlé's full-year 2025 release (19 February 2026) says "In Q4 2025, we announced an acceleration of planned global headcount reductions to c. 16,000 by the end of 2027" and keeps the savings goal of "CHF 3.0 billion by the end of 2027"; a year-end target takes its last day.[1]
Nestlé aims to finish cutting about 16,000 jobs and reach CHF 3.0 billion of Fuel for Growth cost savings by the end of 2027. By mid-2026 it reported CHF 1.7 billion of savings delivered.
ESTIMATED74% CONFIDENCEin 279 daysYellow Wood's release says "The transaction is subject to applicable regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the first half of 2027", matching Nestlé's ad hoc announcement; the span's last day, 30 June 2027, is used as an estimate.[1]
Expected completion of Yellow Wood Partners' $1.0 billion purchase of Nature's Bounty, Nuun, Osteo Bi-Flex, Ester-C, Gard, Puritan's Pride and Sisu from Nestlé, pending regulatory approvals. The carved-out business, with $1.2 billion of 2025 sales, will run as a standalone company.
Negyedik utca, Vasgyári újtelep, Újdiósgyőr, Miskolc, Miskolci járás, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, North Hungary, Great Plain and North, 3533, HungaryNestlé
SCHEDULED79% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysGiven as scheduled: Nestlé Hungária's release of 11 September 2026 says "2027. január 1-jétől a Vimpex cégcsoport ... folytatja tovább az édességgyártást a diósgyőri üzemben" (from 1 January 2027 the Vimpex group continues confectionery production at the Diósgyőr plant), Nestlé having said it ends production there in December 2026.[1]
Nestlé stops making hollow chocolate figures at its 220-worker Diósgyőr plant in Miskolc at the end of 2026, and Hungarian food wholesaler Vimpex takes the factory over from 1 January 2027, keeping at least a third of the staff.
