M&A Deal Summary

Exova Group Acquires SL Pharma Labs

On April 11, 2017, Exova Group acquired life science company SL Pharma Labs

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Exova Group’s 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Exova Group’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Exova Group’s 1st transaction in Delaware.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-04-11
Target SL Pharma Labs
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Exova Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Generational Equity LLC (Financial)

Target

SL Pharma Labs

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
SL Pharma Labs, Inc. is a provider of high value and quality pharmaceutical CMC product development and quality control testing services focused primarily on parenteral, ophthalmic, intranasal and topical drug products. SL Pharma Labs, Inc. was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Buyer

Exova Group

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1965
Sector Engineering
Employees3,500
Revenue 329M GBP (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Exova Group Ltd. is a provider of technical and engineering services to the aerospace, energy, oil and gas, civil engineering, transportation, fire, pharmaceutical, environmental, food and consumer products industries. Exova’s services include quality control, product accreditation, and specification compliance mission critical to its customers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 11
Sector (Life Science) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 9
State (Delaware) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2017) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-06 Insight NDT

South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Insight NDT Limited (Insight), a South Yorkshire-based non-destructive testing (NDT) and radiographic inspection business. Insight is at the forefront of the NDT market in the UK, providing its specialist services to the industrial sector since 1997. Insight’s reputation is built on consistently providing high quality, high capacity and fast turnaround radiographic inspection services for manufacturers of specialised castings and forgings within the industrials market, as well as providing testing for the nuclear, medical, rail and oil & gas sectors.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-18 Defire Holdings Pty.

Surry Hills, Australia

Defire Holdings Pty. Ltd. is a fire safety engineering consultancy business that offers fire risk assessment, hazard identification, smoke modelling and evacuation services. Defire Holdings Pty. Ltd. was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.

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