M&A Deal Summary

Bain Capital Private Equity Acquires Altium Packaging

On May 30, 2012, private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity acquired packaging company Altium Packaging from Vestar Capital Partners for 800M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 55th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 59th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 6th transaction in Georgia.
Investment Fate
  • Altium Packaging was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2017 for 1.2B USD.
  • Altium Packaging was sold to a consortium of buyers in 2021.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-05-30
Target Altium Packaging
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Bain Capital Private Equity
Sellers(s) Vestar Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 800M USD
Advisor(s) BofA Securities
Barclays Investment Bank (Financial)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Legal)

Target

Altium Packaging

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Altium Packaging's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Altium Packaging's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Altium Packaging is a customer-centric packaging solutions provider and manufacturer. Altium specializes in customized mid- and short-run packaging solutions, serving a diverse customer base in the pharmaceutical, dairy, household chemicals, food/nutraceuticals, industrial/specialty chemicals, water, and beverage/juice segment. Altium Packaging was founded in 1999 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 97 of 253
Sector: Packaging M&A 2 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 16 of 76
State: Georgia M&A 6 of 9
Country: United States M&A 59 of 131
Year: 2012 M&A 5 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 55 of 75
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-21 AMC

Leawood, Kansas, United States

AMC is a theatrical exhibition company. The Company operates more then 400 locations across North America and China. AMC was incorporated in 1920 and is based in Leawood, Kansas.

Sell $2.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-22 Jupiter Shop Channel Co.

Tokyo, Japan

Jupiter Shop Channel Co.,Ltd. is a direct marketing/retailing company that operates a television shopping channel in Japan.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Vestar Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 11.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets management buyouts and growth capital investments across North America and Europe in the consumer, business services, and healthcare sectors. The Firm looks to invest $50 to $150 million in transactions valued up to $1 billion. Specific areas of interest include food, apparel, household goods, retail, consumer services, industrial services, information services, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, financial services, media/communications, digital health media, and medical technology. Vestar Capital Partners was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 45 of 67
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 10 of 16
State: Georgia M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 36 of 54
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-21 Solo Cup Co.

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Solo Cup Company is focused on the manufacture of single-use products used to serve food and beverages for the consumer/retail, foodservice and international markets. Solo has broad product offerings available in paper, plastic, foam, post-consumer recycled content and annually renewable materials, and creates brand name products under the Solo®, Sweetheart® and Bare™ by Solo® names. The Company was established in 1936 and has a global presence with facilities in Canada, Europe, Mexico, Panama and the United States.

Sell $1.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-27 AZ Electronic Materials SA

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

AZ Electronic Materials S.A., is a producer and supplier of specialty chemical materials for the electronics market.

Sell -