M&A Deal Summary

DPx Holdings BV Acquires Gallus Biopharmaceuticals

On August 27, 2014, DPx Holdings BV acquired life science company Gallus Biopharmaceuticals from Ridgemont Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DPx Holdings BV’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is DPx Holdings BV’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is DPx Holdings BV’s 1st transaction in Montana.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-08-27
Target Gallus Biopharmaceuticals
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) DPx Holdings BV
Sellers(s) Ridgemont Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) William Blair
Wells Fargo Securities (Financial)
Goodwin Procter (Legal)

Target

Gallus Biopharmaceuticals

St. Louis, Montana, United States
Gallus BioPharmaceuticals is a contract manufacturing company offering exceptional contract services to its clients. Gallus’ world-class facility in St. Louis is distinguished by nearly three decades of biologics development and over a decade of commercial cGMP manufacturing, including the ongoing manufacture of Remicade® and Stelara® for Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DPx Holdings BV

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Life Science
Employees8,000
DESCRIPTION

DPx Holdings BV is a provider of development and manufacturing services, pharmaceutical products and technologies and select chemical products for other industries. DPx Holdings was founded in 2014 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Montana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-22 ESIM Chemicals

Linz, Austria

ESIM Chemicals is a global provider of high-quality agricultural and crop protection chemicals, intermediates and maleic anhydride tree chemicals, focusing on partnering with companies in the custom synthesis of their unique compounds and offer a portfolio of fine chemical products critical to multiple industries. The company has more than 75 years of experience in transforming innovative ideas into scalable supplies of advanced fine chemical products and intermediates using state of the art facilities. ESIM Chemicals was founded in 2015 and is based in Linz, Austria.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ridgemont Equity Partners

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 7.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ridgemont Equity Partners is an independent private equity firm specializing in middle-market buy-outs, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. The Firm targets to invest in companies located in North America, preferably in US and Canada. REP looks to invest up to $500 million in companies with EBIDTA of $5 - $50 million. The Firm seeks to hold both majority and minority equity interest in portfolio companies. Specific areas of interest include basin industries and services, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, media and technology. Ridgemont Equity Partners is a spun-off of Banc of America Capital Investors (BACI). Ridgemont Equity Partners was formed in August 2010 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 68 of 91
Sector (Life Science) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 25 of 36
State (Montana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 57 of 80
Year (2014) 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-13 ZenFi Networks

Long Island City, New York, United States

Zenfi Networks is a communications provider that designs, constructs and maintains its own fiber optic network infrastructure, allowing it to provide reliable, high bandwidth and low latency service to its enterprise, carrier and government customers. Zenfi Networks was founded in 2013 and is based in Long Island City, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-08 APE Companies

Deer Park, Texas, United States

APE Companies is a specialty distributor of surface preparation, remediation, abatement, safety, environmental, and waterjet cutting products and solutions.

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