M&A Deal Summary

Bridgepoint Acquires Identicare

On February 28, 2024, private equity firm Bridgepoint acquired business services company Identicare from Animalcare Group for 25M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 20th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 58th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 78th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-02-28
Target Identicare
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Bridgepoint
Sellers(s) Animalcare Group
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 25M GBP

Target

Identicare

York, United Kingdom
Identicare is a pet microchipping and pet owner-focused services company. Alongside its services offering, Identicare sells microchips to vets, commercial breeders and rescue charities, utilising a customer acquisition channel for subscription products that boast strong retention rates, underscoring the quality and value of its offering to an embedded customer base. Identicare was founded in 1989 and is based in York, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 75.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 176 of 188
Sector: Business Services M&A 20 of 22
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 20 of 20
Country: United Kingdom M&A 78 of 81
Year: 2024 M&A 3 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 58 of 61
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-26 SMYK

Warsaw, Poland

SMYK is a kids brand, offering toys, clothes and accessories for children available in over 250 shops in Poland, Romania, Ukraine and the Middle East and additionally SMYK's own brand products are available in 14 European countries and Asia. SMYK was founded in 2000 and is based in Warsaw, Poland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-01 Dorna

Madrid, Spain

Dorna is an international sports management, media, and marketing company that holds the global commercial and broadcasting rights for MotoGP. Dorna

Sell €4.2B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Animalcare Group

York, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1972
Sector Life Science
Employees201
Revenue 74M GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Animalcare Group is a provider of generic veterinary medicines and animal identification products to companion animal veterinary markets. Animalcare Group was founded in 1972 and is based in York, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-13 Ecuphar

Oostkamp, Belgium

Ecuphar is an operator of a fast-growing company active in the development, marketing, and distribution of veterinary pharmaceuticals. A proprietary product portfolio of more than 200 products generates a turnover of 33 million EUR in 2010. Ecuphar was founded in 2001 and is based in Oostkamp, Belgium.

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