M&A Deal Summary

Linden Capital Partners and Health Enterprise Partners Acquire Behavioral Centers of America

On July 17, 2007, private equity firms Linden Capital Partners and Health Enterprise Partners acquired healthcare services company Behavioral Centers of America for 40M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Linden Capital Partners’ 3rd and Health Enterprise Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Linden Capital Partners’ 2nd and Health Enterprise Partners’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Linden Capital Partners’ 7th and Health Enterprise Partners’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Linden Capital Partners’ 1st and Health Enterprise Partners’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.
Investment Fate
  • Behavioral Centers of America was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2012 for 145M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-07-17
Target Behavioral Centers of America
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Linden Capital Partners
Health Enterprise Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 40M USD

Target

Behavioral Centers of America

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Behavioral Centers of America LLC is a owner and operator of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care facilities in Michigan, Ohio, and Texas.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Linden Capital Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Linden LLC is a private equity firm that invests in businesses involved in the healthcare and life science sectors. However, the firm also executes any size private equity transaction between $10 million to $2 billion through the firm's alliance with Madison Dearborn Partners. Linden is not a venture capital investor. The firm specializes in investments in non-core businesses owned by large corporations, as well as traditional management buyouts of independent companies. Linden LLC was formed in 2004 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 48
Sector (Healthcare Services) 3 of 13
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 6 of 13
State (Tennessee) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 7 of 47
Year (2007) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-31 Suture Express

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Suture Express is a distributor of sutures and other wound closure products for acute care hospitals and surgery centers across the United States. Suture Express offers over 1,600 acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and other customers a comprehensive assortment of more than 6,000 wound closure SKUs with no minimum order size, no required frequency of order and guaranteed next-day delivery for most orders. Suture Express was formed in 1998 and is based in Lenexa, Kansas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-01 BarrierSafe Solutions International

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

BarrierSafe Solutions International is a provider of barrier protection and infection control products. BarrierSafe owns the FoodHandler and Microflex brands and primarily sells disposable gloves to non-acute markets including foodservice, dental, laboratory, industrial and automotive. BarrierSafe Solutions International is based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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Buyer
DESCRIPTION

Health Enterprise Partners is a private equity firm focused on the healthcare technology, tech-enabled services, and healthcare services. Specific areas of interest include behavioral health IT, consumer engagement platforms, data security, genomics data analytics, payor services, tech-enabled substance abuse management, social determinants of health, and virtual care. The Firm generally pursues growth equity investments and small buy-and-builds. Health Enterprise Partners was formed in 2007 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 32
Sector (Healthcare Services) 3 of 14
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 2 of 5
State (Tennessee) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 4 of 32
Year (2007) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-01 Sheridan Healthcare

Sunrise, Florida, United States

Sheridan Healthcare, Inc. is a multi-specialty physician practice management company that provides outsourced physician staffing services to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-01 Carefx

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Carefx, Corp. is a provider of healthcare interoperability solutions including identity and access management and enterprise portals for hospitals, Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs).

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