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Madison Dearborn Partners Acquires Buckeye Technologies

On January 1, 1993, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners acquired forest products company Buckeye Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 1st transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.
Investment Fate
  • Buckeye Technologies went public in 1995.
  • Buckeye Technologies was sold to a strategic buyer in 2013 for 1.5B USD.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1993-01-01
Target Buckeye Technologies
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Madison Dearborn Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Buckeye Technologies

Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Buckeye Cellulose is a producer of dissolving and specialty cotton liner pulps, fluff pulp, and dissolving wood pulps. The company uses its expertise in polymer chemistry and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities to develop and produce innovative and proprietary products for customers in a broad range of technically demanding niche markets.

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Buyer

Madison Dearborn Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 31.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a large private equity firm that targets buyouts of private or publicly held companies, divestitures of larger companies, recapitalizations of family-owned or closely-held companies, acquisition-oriented financings, and financings to fund internal growth. MDP's target investment size is $100 to $600 million in buyout oriented transactions and $100 to $400 million in growth capital commitments. Areas of interest include basic industries (natural resources, chemicals, energy and power, automotive, building products, food, metals and mining, refining, paper, packaging and forest products, and general manufacturing), as well as communications, consumer products/services, financial services, and healthcare. Madison Dearborn Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 102
Sector: Forest Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 32
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 2 of 88
Year: 1993 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1993-01-01 Wireless One Network

Ft. Myers, Florida, United States

Wireless One Network LP was a cellular telephone operator in southwest Florida, including Naples, Fort Myers, and the Florida panhandle region.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1995-01-01 Buckeye Technologies

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Buckeye Cellulose is a producer of dissolving and specialty cotton liner pulps, fluff pulp, and dissolving wood pulps. The company uses its expertise in polymer chemistry and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities to develop and produce innovative and proprietary products for customers in a broad range of technically demanding niche markets.

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