Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Consumer Products

Argantis Acquires Murnauer

On July 31, 2007, private equity firm Argantis acquired consumer products company Murnauer

Acquisition Context

This is Argantis’ 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
This is Argantis’ 3rd transaction in Germany.

Investment Fate

Murnauer was sold to a financial buyer in 2018.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	July 31, 2007
Target	Murnauer
Sector	Consumer Products
Buyer(s)	Argantis
Deal Type	Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Murnauer

Egelsbach, Germany

Murnauer is an established und innovative consumer brand company within the personal care segment focused on high-quality skincare- and tooth whitening products. The company is specialized on the development of skin care products especially for sensible skin based on dead sea salt under the brand 'Murnauers' and additionally distributes the trademarks Perlweiss, Fette and Dermasel as well as Murnauers Snoreeze and Dr. Bach products in drugstores, pharmacies and food outlets with its own salesforce. Murnauer is based in Egelsbach, Germany.

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Argantis

Koln, Germany

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	2003
Size	Middle-Market
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

Argantis GmbH is a private equity firm focused on investments in mid-sized companies operating in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Argantis looks for businesses generating annual sales between €30 and €250 million. Argantis does not have any sector preferences and looks to commit €10 to €30 million of equity capital per transaction. The Firm looks to hold investments for 3 to 7 years. Argantis was formed in 2003 by the two banks Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA and IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG. Argantis is based in Koln, Germany.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	4 of 6
Sector: Consumer Products	2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)	4 of 6
Country: Germany	3 of 5
Year: 2007	2 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2007-03-01	Roventa-Henex Tavannes, Switzerland Roventa-Henex is a manufacturer specialized in the development and production of traditional Swiss Made watch brands and international designer brands in the medium and high price segment. Roventa-Henex was founded in 1959 and is based in Tavannes, Switzerland.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2007-03-01

Roventa-Henex

Tavannes, Switzerland

Roventa-Henex is a manufacturer specialized in the development and production of traditional Swiss Made watch brands and international designer brands in the medium and high price segment. Roventa-Henex was founded in 1959 and is based in Tavannes, Switzerland.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2008-01-01	W.I.S. Sicherheit + Service & Co. KG Koln, Germany W.I.S. Sicherheit + Service GmbH & Co. KG is a provider of security services. W.I.S. Sicherheit + Service was founded in 1901 and is based in Koln, Germany.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2008-01-01

W.I.S. Sicherheit + Service & Co. KG

Koln, Germany

W.I.S. Sicherheit + Service GmbH & Co. KG is a provider of security services. W.I.S. Sicherheit + Service was founded in 1901 and is based in Koln, Germany.

Buy

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