M&A Deal Summary |
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| Date | 2007-05-25 |
| Target | Penlon |
| Sector | Medical Products |
| Buyer(s) | Altaris |
| Sellers(s) | August Equity |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Deal Value | 28M GBP |
| Advisor(s) | Lincoln International (Financial) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| PE ASSETS | 10.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Altaris is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in the healthcare industry. Altaris focuses its investment activity across the healthcare sector, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare services and healthcare IT. Altaris will consider both control and non-control investment situations requiring $15 to $50 million of equity capital. Prospective investment situations include corporate carve-outs, leveraged buyouts, and growth equity/recapitalization investments. Altaris was formed in 2004 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7 of 39 |
| Sector: Medical Products M&A | 4 of 13 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 2 of 6 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2007 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 9 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-04-11 |
Sparta Systems
Hamilton, New Jersey, United States Sparta Systems is a provider of quality management software to the pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer products industries. Sparta’s software solutions help improve quality outcomes and incident response, with improved regulatory compliance and lower administrative costs. Its flagship platform, TrackWise, is used by 35 of the top 40 pharma companies and 13 of the top 15 medical device manufacturers. Sparta has over 825,000 individual users overall across more than 30 countries. Sparta Systems was formed in 1994 and is based in Hamilton, New Jersey. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-10 |
JDS Pharmaceuticals
Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States JDS Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on the central nervous system. The company sold Pexeva and Lithobid® through its specialty sales force, and has a pipeline of products in clinical development. JDS Pharmaceuticals is based in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. |
Sell | $187M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| PE ASSETS | 350M GBP |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
August Equity is a private equity firm that provides capital for management buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, and recapitalizations of small and medium-sized UK-based companies. August Equity targets growth companies with strong cash-flow operating within four sectors. These include healthcare, media/technology, industrial products and services, and consumer products and services. August Equity looks to commit £10 to £50 million per transaction. August Equity was formed in 2001 and is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 5 of 30 |
| Sector: Medical Products M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 2 of 13 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 5 of 29 |
| Year: 2007 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 8 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-18 |
Boat International Media
London, United Kingdom Boat International Media Limited ('Boat') is the world's media group serving the superyacht industry. Boat publishes the world's best superyacht magazines and luxury books, organises high quality events, and provides digital media services and data to owners and professionals in the superyacht industry. |
Buy | £29M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-12 |
Lifeways
Warrington, United Kingdom Lifeways is a provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities. Lifeways enables service users to live more independently and take control of how their care and support is planned and delivered, giving the greater empowerment over decisions affecting their lives. Lifeways was founded in 1995 and is based in Warrington, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
