Going Private • Life Science

Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven Acquire Stada

On August 18, 2017, private equity firms Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven acquired life science company Stada

Acquisition Context
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 8th and Cinven’s 7th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Bain Capital Private Equity’s 7th and Cinven’s 10th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Stada was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2025.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date August 18, 2017
Target Stada
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Bain Capital Private Equity
Cinven
Deal Type Going Private

Target Company

Stada

Bad Vilbel, Germany
Stada is a developer and marketer of active pharmaceutical ingredients for the health care and pharmaceutical markets worldwide. Stada was founded in 1895 and is based in Bad Vilbel, Germany.
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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 Context for Buyer #
Overall 158 of 253
Sector: Life Science 8 of 13
Type: Going Private 15 of 25
Country: Germany 7 of 10
Year: 2017 10 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-09 Worldpay UK

Cambridge, United Kingdom

WorldPay is a provider of single card and non-card electronic payment processing services to businesses. Worldpay provides an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services to around 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and prosper. Worldpay manages the increasing complexity of the payments landscape for its customers, allowing them to accept the widest range of payment types around the world. Using its network and technology, Worldpay is able to process payments across 146 countries and 126 currencies. Worldpay helps its customers to accept more than 300 different payment types.

Sell $12.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-29 Metal & Waste Recycling

London, United Kingdom

Metal & Waste Recycling is a UK scrap merchant and processor. Metal & Waste Recycling operates sites across the UK that process over 800,000 metric tons of ferrous and non-ferrous material.

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Buyer

Cinven

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1977
PE ASSETS 39.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cinven is a private equity firm focused on buyout investments in growing, profitable businesses located throughout Europe and North America. Sectors of interest include business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, retail, leisure, consumer, technology, media, and telecommunications. Cinven looks to invest a minimum of €200 million in companies with minimum enterprise values of €400 million. Cinven does not invest in start-ups or development phase companies. Cinven was established in 1977 and is headquartered in London.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 151 of 186
Sector: Life Science 7 of 8
Type: Going Private 4 of 5
Country: Germany 10 of 14
Year: 2017 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-31 JOST

Neu-Isenburg, Germany

JOST is a manufacturer of components for connecting truck and trailer units. The Company offers branded quality products clustered in three systems: Vehicle Interface (focusing on products required to operate a commercial vehicle combination of trucks and trailers such as fifth wheels and landing gears), Handling Solutions (including container technology and hydraulic cylinders products) and Maneuvering (focusing on truck and trailer axles and forced steering). JOST was founded in 2008 and is based in Neu-Isenburg, Germany.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-29 CPA Global

Jersey, Channel Islands

CPA Global is an intellectual property (IP) management and technology company serving over 10,000 customers and connecting millions of global IP users every day. CPA Global was founded in 1969 and is based in Jersey, Channel Islands.

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