M&A Deal Summary

Altor Equity Partners and Bain Capital Private Equity Acquire Nova Austral

On October 1, 2014, private equity firms Altor Equity Partners and Bain Capital Private Equity acquired food company Nova Austral

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 2nd and Bain Capital Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 1st and Bain Capital Private Equity’s 1st transaction in Chile.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-10-01
Target Nova Austral
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Altor Equity Partners
Bain Capital Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Nova Austral

Porvenir, Chile
Nova Austral is a Chilean salmon farmer and processor. The company’s operations are located in Chile, south of the Magallanes strait, making Nova Austral the southernmost salmon farmer in the world. Nova Austral’s production sites have excellent conditions for salmon farming, resulting in low mortality and a clean and healthy product. Nova Austral was founded in 1993 and is based in Porvenir, Chile.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Altor Equity Partners

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 8.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm that looks to principally invest in medium-sized Nordic based companies across a broad range of industries. Altor typically seeks control positions when investing. Prospective companies generally have revenues of €50 to €500 million. Broad areas of interest include healthcare services, electronics, technology, financial services, business services, niche manufacturing, capital equipment, software, marine, consumer products, and communications. Altor Equity Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 46 of 92
Sector (Food) 2 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 23 of 38
Country (Chile) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-18 Lindorff

Oslo, Norway

Lindorff is a full-service European credit management service provider. The company offers information services, payment services, invoicing services, debt collection, and debt purchase. Lindorff was founded in 1898 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

Sell €2.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-12 Apotek Hjärtat AB

Solna, Sweden

Apotek Hjärtat is an operator of independent pharmacy retail chain in Sweden.

Sell kr5.7B
Buyer

Bain Capital Private Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 44.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bain Capital Private Equity (BCPE), is the private equity investment arm of alternative asset management firm, Bain Capital. BCPE targets leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions in a wide variety of industries including information technology, communications, media, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, retail/consumer, and financial services. Bain Capital is based in Boston with additional offices in New York, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 123 of 236
Sector (Food) 2 of 5
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 29 of 50
Country (Chile) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 7 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-12 Atento

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Atento is a provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing (CRM BPO) services. Atento offers a wide range of CRM BPO services across multiple channels Its clients are multinational corporations in sectors such as telecommunications, banking and finance, health, consumption and public administration, among others. Atento was founded in 1999 and is based in Luxembourg City.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-29 CRC Health

Cupertino, California, United States

CRC Health Group is a provider of treatment and educational programs for addiction and related behavioral health disorders.

Sell $1.2B
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