M&A Deal Summary

BC Partners Acquires Springer Science + Business Media KG

On June 19, 2013, private equity firm BC Partners acquired publishing company Springer Science + Business Media KG from EQT for 3.3B EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BC Partners’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is BC Partners’ 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is BC Partners’ 7th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-06-19
Target Springer Science + Business Media KG
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) BC Partners
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 3.3B EUR

Target

Springer Science + Business Media KG

Berlin, Germany
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Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH is a publisher of scientific research journals in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) and a publisher of STM books. Springer is also a specialist information provider in German-speaking countries. The group publishes around 2000 journals and more than 6,500 new books per year

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Buyer

BC Partners

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 17.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BC Partners is a mega private equity firm that invests in high quality businesses with leading market positions. BC does not specialize in any particular sector and makes only a select number of investments per year (3 in 2008, 2 in 2007, 3 in 2006). Sectors of interest include healthcare, directory publishing, media, industrial products, food, distribution, manufacturing, consumer services, business services, and communications. BC Partners was formed in 1986 and has offices in London, Paris, Hamburg, and New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 54 of 95
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 21 of 39
Country (Germany) 7 of 10
Year (2013) 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 42
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-03 Allflex Europe

Roxburghshire, United Kingdom

Allflex Europe is a designer, producer and distributor of animal intelligence and monitoring technologies for livestock, pets, fish and other species. It designs, produces and distributes a variety of products such as radio‐frequency identification (RFID) and visual ear tags, tissue sampling devices, RFID implants, monitoring devices, milk meters, and other farm management equipment. Allflex Europe was founded in 1973 and is based in Roxburghshire, United Kingdom.

Buy $1.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-01 ATI Career Training Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

ATI Enterprises, Inc., which does business as ATI Technical Training Center operates career college campuses in Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 50.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 53 of 175
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 19 of 55
Country (Germany) 12 of 34
Year (2013) 4 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 41
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-13 IP-Only

Uppsala, Sweden

IP-Only is a provider of high-capacity fiber-based data communication and data center services in Sweden. IP-Only owns and operates a high-capacity fiber network linking the Nordic capitals Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Helsinki as well as Sweden’s second and third largest cities Gothenburg and Malmo. IP-Only was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-14 Swiss Smile Schweiz AG

Zurich, Switzerland

Swiss Smile Schweiz AG is a provider of dental care and services and differentiates itself through a strong brand, high medical standards, convenient opening hours, a modern infrastructure, and an outstanding patient experience. Swiss Smile was founded in 2002 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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