M&A Deal Summary

Atrium Innovations Acquires Douglas Laboratories

On December 8, 2005, Atrium Innovations acquired consumer products company Douglas Laboratories from TA Associates

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atrium Innovations’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Atrium Innovations’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Atrium Innovations’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-12-08
Target Douglas Laboratories
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Atrium Innovations
Sellers(s) TA Associates
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Douglas Laboratories

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Douglas Laboratories is a manufacturer, packager and distributor of vitamins, herbs and minerals. The company sells vitamins directly to doctors and other vitamin companies.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Atrium Innovations

Westmount, Quebec, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Consumer Products
Employees1,300
DESCRIPTION

Atrium Innovations Inc. engages in the innovation, formulation, production, and commercialization of science-based and professionally-endorsed products for health and nutrition industries. Atrium’s largest brand, Garden of Life®, is the #1 brand in the natural supplement industry in the U.S. Garden of Life, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, manufactures certified organic, non-GMO supplements that are sold in more than 14,000 health food stores and online in the U.S., as well as select markets internationally.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2005) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-01 Nutri-Health Supplements

Cottonwood, Arizona, United States

Nutri-Health has been a leader in the supplement industry for over 25 years. It offers customers high quality, research-backed probiotics, enzymes, and other nutritional supplements, while providing first-class customer service.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TA Associates

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA will consider control or minority investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $70 and $500 million per transaction. TA proactively reaches out to companies directly in sourcing potential investment opportunities. Prospective businesses are generally valued between $100 million and $3 billion. Areas of interest include technology, software, communications, financial services, healthcare, business services, semiconductors/electronics, and consumer products/services. In addition to investing equity capital, TA also makes subordinated debt investments. TA's geographic preference is North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. TA Associates was formed in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 99 of 255
Sector (Consumer Products) 3 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 57 of 130
State (Pennsylvania) 7 of 14
Country (United States) 96 of 206
Year (2005) 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-01 Instinet Group

New York, New York, United States

ECN, a pioneer in electronic marketplaces, which was the second Electronic Communication Network (ECN) to receive regulatory approval from the SEC.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-15 Numara Software

Tampa, Florida, United States

Numara Software, Inc. the former Blue Ocean Software business unit of Intuit Inc. is a provider of IT help desk and asset management software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s core product, Track-It!, enables IT professionals to collect, assign and resolve help desk requests and audit their internal hardware and software assets.

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