Investment Summary

Cinven Exits RPC Group

On May 1, 1993, invested in plastics company RPC Group from Cinven

Investment Highlights
  • This is transaction in the Plastics sector.
  • This is transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • RPC Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 2019 for 6.5B USD.

Investment Summary

Date 1993-05-01
Target RPC Group
Sector Plastics
Sellers(s) Cinven
Deal Type IPO

Target

RPC Group

Rushden, United Kingdom
RPC Group Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of rigid plastic packaging and associated equipment primarily in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the United States, and Mainland Europe. RPC Group was formed in 1991 and is based in Rushden, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

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 STATS #
Overall 16 of 130
Sector: Plastics M&A 1 of 2
Type: IPO M&A Deals 9 of 40
Country: United Kingdom M&A 15 of 73
Year: 1993 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1993-01-01 UCM Group

Stafford, United Kingdom

UCM Group Limited (formerly known as Universal Ceramic Materials PLC) is a UK-based company engaged in the conversion of naturally occurring minerals into high quality synthetic raw materials for various applications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1993-07-01 Field Packaging

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Field Packaging manufactured printed carton packaging in the UK and Belgium. The UK market leader in the manufacture of printed cartons, it specialised in the use of computer aided design. This enabled it to produce sophisticated products for which it was able to achieve premium prices from a number of major retail companies and brands.

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