Secondary Buyout • Publishing

BC Partners Acquires Springer

On June 19, 2013, private equity firm BC Partners acquired publishing company Springer from EQT for 3.3B EUR

Acquisition Context
  • This is BC Partners’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is BC Partners’ 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is BC Partners’ 7th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Springer merged with another company in 2015.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date June 19, 2013
Target Springer
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) BC Partners
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 3.3B EUR

Target Company

Springer

Heidelberg, Germany
Springer is a global publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical (STM) literature, publishing books, e-books, and peer-reviewed journals across various academic fields including science, humanities, and medicine. Springer was founded in 1842 and is based in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Buyer

BC Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 30.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BC Partners is a large investment group focused on private equity, credit, real estate, and co-investment strategies. The Firm's private equity group looks to make control investments in European and North American businesses valued above €300 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare, directory publishing, media, industrial products, food, distribution, manufacturing, consumer services, business services, and communications. BC Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in London, England.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 55 of 99
Sector: Publishing 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout 21 of 40
Country: Germany 7 of 11
Year: 2013 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 44
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-03 Allflex Europe

Roxburghshire, United Kingdom

Allflex Europe is a designer, producer and distributor of animal intelligence and monitoring technologies for livestock, pets, fish and other species. It designs, produces and distributes a variety of products such as radio‐frequency identification (RFID) and visual ear tags, tissue sampling devices, RFID implants, monitoring devices, milk meters, and other farm management equipment. Allflex Europe was founded in 1973 and is based in Roxburghshire, United Kingdom.

Buy $1.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-01 ATI Career Training Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

ATI Technical Training Center operates career college campuses in Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and New Mexico. ATI Career Training Center is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 53 of 194
Sector: Publishing 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout 19 of 61
Country: Germany 12 of 34
Year: 2013 4 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 44
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-13 IP-Only

Uppsala, Sweden

IP-Only is a provider of high-capacity fiber-based data communication and data center services in Sweden. IP-Only owns and operates a high-capacity fiber network linking the Nordic capitals Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Helsinki as well as Sweden’s second and third largest cities Gothenburg and Malmo. IP-Only was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-14 Swiss Smile

Zurich, Switzerland

Swiss Smile is a provider of dental care and services and differentiates itself through a strong brand, high medical standards, convenient opening hours, a modern infrastructure, and an outstanding patient experience. Swiss Smile was founded in 2002 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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