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M&A Deal Summary

MBF Healthcare Partners Acquires Medical Specialties Distributors

On December 16, 2005, private equity firm MBF Healthcare Partners acquired medical products company Medical Specialties Distributors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MBF Healthcare Partners’ 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is MBF Healthcare Partners’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is MBF Healthcare Partners’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.
Investment Fate
  • Medical Specialties Distributors was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2010.
  • Medical Specialties Distributors was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2013.
  • Medical Specialties Distributors was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-12-16
Target Medical Specialties Distributors
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) MBF Healthcare Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Medical Specialties Distributors

Stoughton, Massachusetts, United States
Medical Specialties Distributors LLC is a provider of infusion products, supplies, biomedical services and technology solutions to the growing home infusion therapy market. Medical Specialties Distributors LLC was founded in 1982 and is based in Stoughton, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MBF Healthcare Partners

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 397M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

MBF Healthcare Partners (MBF) is a specialist private equity firm that makes investments in emerging and established healthcare companies. MBF seeks investments in businesses with EBITDA of at least $5 million and valued up to $300 million. MBF prefers control ownership positions with typical acquisitions coming in the form of outright business purchases, growth financings, or recapitalizations. MBF Healthcare Partners is based in Coral Gables, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 13
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 6
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 13
Year (2005) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-28 Hospitalists of America

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Hospitalists of America LLC is an inpatient management companies serving Florida. The company is founded on the principal of improving the quality and continuity of inpatient management for hospitals, health plans, primary care physicians and most importantly patients and their families.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-04 Navarro Discount Pharmacies

Medley, Florida, United States

Navarro Discount Pharmacies LLC is a pharmacy retail services company that provides a broad range of pharmacy benefit management services, including retail, mail order and specialty pharmacy services.

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