M&A Deal Summary

Bare Escentuals Beauty Acquires MD Formulations

On November 1, 2001, Bare Escentuals Beauty acquired consumer products company MD Formulations from JH Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bare Escentuals Beauty’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Bare Escentuals Beauty’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bare Escentuals Beauty’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2001-11-01
Target MD Formulations
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Bare Escentuals Beauty
Sellers(s) JH Partners
Deal Type Merger

Target

MD Formulations

San Fransisco, California, United States
MD Formulations has been delivering new and innovative skin care treatments and products that fuse beauty with science. The company develops and markets its major results-oriented aesthetic skin care line under the brand md formulations, which is distributed nationwide through aestheticians, the Internet, company-owned boutiques and select beauty retailers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bare Escentuals Beauty

San Francisco, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Consumer Products
DESCRIPTION

Bare Escentuals Beauty, Inc. is a developer and multi-channel marketer of cosmetics, skin care and body care products. Bare Escentuals Beauty was formed in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Consumer Products) 2 of 2
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
State (California) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2001) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-11-01 Bare Escentuals

San Francisco, California, United States

Bare Escentuals is a premium cosmetic companies in the U.S. and engages in the mineral cosmetics market.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

JH Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

JH Partners LLC is a private equity firm. It typically invests in online direct marketing, business to business, online services, internet software and services, food products, beverages, consumer staples, advertising, media, consumer services. It seeks to invest between $10 and $300 million in revenues. JH Partners is a hands-on investor and desires to work closely with portfolio companies. JH Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 24
Sector (Consumer Products) 3 of 11
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
State (California) 3 of 10
Country (United States) 3 of 20
Year (2001) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-11-01 Bare Escentuals

San Francisco, California, United States

Bare Escentuals is a premium cosmetic companies in the U.S. and engages in the mineral cosmetics market.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-12-01 Walter Drake

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Walter Drake, Inc. is an online retailer of unique, inexpensive gifts, gadgets and personalized items to household goods and kitchen products.

Sell $53M
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