M&A Deal Summary

Beiersdorf Acquires C-BONS HairCare Co.

On October 2, 2007, Beiersdorf acquired consumer products company C-BONS HairCare Co. for 317M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Beiersdorf’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Beiersdorf’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Beiersdorf’s 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-10-02
Target C-BONS HairCare Co.
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Beiersdorf
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 317M EUR
Advisor(s) J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)
Sullivan & Cromwell (Legal)

Target

C-BONS HairCare Co.

Wuhan, China
C-BONS HairCare Co., Ltd. is a provider of shampooing, conditioning and hair styling products.

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Buyer

Beiersdorf

Hamburg, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1882
Sector Consumer Products
Employees21,958
Revenue 9.9B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Beiersdorf is a cosmetics company, through its flagship NIVEA brand is a skin and beauty care brand. Other names in its internationally successful brand portfolio include Eucerin, La Prairie, Labello, 8x4, and Hansaplast/Elastoplast. Beiersdorf was founded in 1882 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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