M&A Deal Summary

Four Seasons Health Care Acquires Optimum Care

On April 11, 2013, Four Seasons Health Care acquired healthcare services company Optimum Care from Graphite Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Four Seasons Health Care’s 2nd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Four Seasons Health Care’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-04-11
Target Optimum Care
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Four Seasons Health Care
Sellers(s) Graphite Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Optimum Care

Northhampton, United Kingdom
Optimum is a premium provider of high-quality homes and care to elderly residents across the UK. The aim is to be the 'home of choice' in a given catchment area. As a result, high occupancy and attractive fee rates are achieved, delivering a strong financial performance.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Four Seasons Health Care

Wilmslow Cheshire, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Healthcare Services
DESCRIPTION

Four Seasons Health Care is an independent elderly and specialist care provider. Four Seasons Health Care was founded in 1987 and is based in Wilmslow Cheshire, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-12 Care Principles

Newmarket, United Kingdom

Care Principles operates under two brands: Care Principles, which runs secure hospitals for the most challenging patients and Ermine Care, which runs the smaller complex community care services.Care Principles has nearly 400 beds in five purpose built secure hospitals and six step-down centres across England. It has over 1,100 staff, including 35 at the group head office in Newmarket.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Graphite Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 1.2B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Graphite Capital is a private equity firm that seeks mid-market investments in the UK. Target sectors include retail and consumer, manufacturing, services and distribution, financial services, healthcare, leisure, and property. The Firm looks for transactions valued from £30 to £150 million. Prospective transaction situations typically include management buyouts/buy-ins of corporate spin-offs or privately held companies. The Firm also considers roll-outs and consolidation strategies. Graphite Capital was originally formed in 1981 and became independent in 2001. Graphite is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 44 of 70
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 6 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 16
Country: United Kingdom M&A 42 of 67
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-01 TileCo Group

West Molesey, United Kingdom

TileCo Group, the UK’s leading supplier of tile, mosaic and stone products to the residential developer and architectural specification markets. TileCo trades under two widely recognised and complementary brands, Domus and Surface. The Group is actively involved in a wide variety of premium construction projects within the UK and internationally, including commercial, office, infrastructure and high-end private residential applications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-29 Dominion Technology Gases Investment

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Dominion Technology Gases Investment Ltd. is a supplies specialist gases and chemicals used for diving, welding and testing by offshore oil and gas customers. The gases and chemicals are analysed and mixed in the company’s own laboratory and supplied to customers in specially designed containers and cylinders.

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