M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2023-12-25 |
| Target | Hitowa |
| Sector | Consumer Services |
| Buyer(s) | MBK Partners |
| Sellers(s) | Polaris Capital Group |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Deal Value | 90.0B JPY |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| PE ASSETS | 30.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
MBK Partners is a private equity firm focused on opportunities throughout Northern Asia (Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan). MBK specializes in a variety of transactions, including management buy-outs, corporate divestitures, take privates, and add-on acquisitions and will consider both majority and minority positions. Sectors of interest include telecommunication/media, financial services, heavy industrials, consumer, pharmaceuticals, and business services. MBK Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hong Kong. The Firm has additional offices in Seoul, Tokyo, and Shanghai.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 46 of 48 |
| Sector: Consumer Services M&A | 4 of 4 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 5 of 7 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 12 of 13 |
| Year: 2023 M&A | 6 of 6 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 8 of 17 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-01 |
Soyokaze
Tokyo, Japan Soyokaze provides daytime care services and operates nursing care homes for the elderly. Soyokaze has been taking care of elderly citizens for 27 years. Soyokaze is based in Tokyo, Japan. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-22 |
Geo-Young
Seoul, South Korea Geo-Young is a wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical drug products in Korea. Geo-Young serves more than 250 multi-national and domestic pharmaceutical and medical device companies, distributing to more than 11,000 pharmacies, hospitals, and clinics through its nationwide logistics network. Geo-Young was founded in 2002 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Polaris Capital Group is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized opportunities throughout Japan. Polaris generally seeks manufacturing companies with competitive technologies/processes, but the Firm will also consider consumer goods, retail, logistics and other service based businesses possessing strong brands or unique business models with potential to expand. Prospective transaction situations of interest include business successions and corporate carve-outs. Polaris Capital Group was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 23 of 23 |
| Sector: Consumer Services M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 6 of 6 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 23 of 23 |
| Year: 2023 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 3 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-22 |
Sendenkaigi
Tokyo, Japan Sendenkaigi publishes monthly magazines and books in the advertising, sales promotion, publicity, and creative fields, including a monthly magazine called “Sendenkaigi”. In addition, the company operates a news and information platform for the advertising community in a web media format called “AdverTimes.”. It also manages an event and awards business that organizes lectures and exhibitions in the marketing and communications fields and holds public contests in the creative and planning fields, as well as an education business that plans and conducts public courses and training/seminars for corporates in the marketing and communications fields. Sendenkaigi was founded in 1954 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-27 |
Welbe
Tokyo, Japan Welbe provides disability welfare services under the Comprehensive Support for People with Disabilities Act (such as labor transition support services), Child development support under the Child Welfare Act, and nursing care and nursing services. Welbe was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. |
Buy | - |
