M&A Deal Summary

MBK Partners HK Acquires Luye Pharma

On April 1, 2008, private equity firm MBK Partners HK acquired life science company Luye Pharma

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MBK Partners HK’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is MBK Partners HK’s 1st transaction in Singapore.
Investment Fate
  • Luye Pharma was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2012 for 140M USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-01
Target Luye Pharma
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) MBK Partners HK
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

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Luye Pharma

Singapore, Singapore
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Luye Pharma is a Chinese specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on drug-delivery systems. The Company engages in the development, manufacturing and sale of patented prescription medicines in oncology, cardiovascular, orthopedics, neurology and gastrointestinal fields. Luye Pharma was founded in 1994 and is based in Singapore.

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Buyer

MBK Partners HK

Hong Kong, China

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 25.6B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MBK Partners is a private equity firm focused on opportunities throughout Northern Asia (Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan). MBK specializes in a variety of transactions, including management buy-outs, corporate divestitures, take privates, and add-on acquisitions and will consider both majority and minority positions. Sectors of interest include telecommunication/media, financial services, heavy industrials, consumer, pharmaceuticals, and business services. MBK Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hong Kong. The Firm has additional offices in Seoul, Tokyo, and Shanghai.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 42
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 18
Country (Singapore) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-01 D’Live

Seoul, South Korea

D’Live is a Multiple System Operation (MSO) with 17 cable TV broadcasting stations. Rooted in the cable TV broadcasting business that grown to become an all-around multimedia company that provides digital broadcasts, high speed internet services, internet phone services, digital contents and various package products. D’Live was founded in 1997 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-01 Gala Television Group

Taipei, Taiwan

Gala TV (“GTV”) is one of the leading TV channel operators in Taiwan, broadcasting a mixture of in-house produced, commissioned and acquired content over the cable TV network. Through the years, GTV has produced and accumulated a library of many popular Chinese language TV programs.

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