M&A Deal Summary

Sound United Acquires D+M Group

On March 1, 2017, Sound United acquired electronics company D+M Group from Bain Capital Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sound United’s 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Sound United’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sound United’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-03-01
Target D+M Group
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Sound United
Sellers(s) Bain Capital Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Pagemill Partners (Financial)
Davis Polk & Wardwell (Legal)

Target

D+M Group

Mahwah, New Jersey, United States
D+M Group (Denon & Marantz) is a provider of audio/video receivers worldwide and a leader in wireless multi-room audio.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sound United

Vista, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Electronics
DESCRIPTION

Sound United is a designer and marketer of premium home-theater loudspeakers and consumer-branded vehicle security and convenience systems. Sound United's broad portfolio of high-performance home audio products, including speakers, surround sound systems, soundbars, and personal audio devices, is marketed under the Polk Audio and Definitive Technology brands. Sound United is based in Vista, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2017) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-09 Bowers & Wilkins

North Reading, Massachusetts, United States

B&W Group Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of premium home loudspeakers. B&W Group was founded in 1966 and is based in North Reading, Massachusetts.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bain Capital Private Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 44.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bain Capital Private Equity (BCPE), is the private equity investment arm of alternative asset management firm, Bain Capital. BCPE targets leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions in a wide variety of industries including information technology, communications, media, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing, retail/consumer, and financial services. Bain Capital is based in Boston with additional offices in New York, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Munich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 93 of 147
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 27 of 40
State (New Jersey) 3 of 6
Country (United States) 58 of 85
Year (2017) 1 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-17 PSA HealthCare

Norcross, Georgia, United States

PSA HealthCare is a provider of critically important home care services for medically fragile children. Recognized as an industry leader in quality that it developed over the Company’s 25 year history, PSA provides care to more than 2,500 patients across 17 states through over 65 offices. In addition to its core home-based pediatric private duty nursing platform, PSA provides a broad range of healthcare services, including home-based adult private duty nursing, home-based pediatric skilled nursing visits and therapies, outsourced school health programs, pediatric day treatment centers for medically fragile children and intellectual and developmental home care.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-03 MKM

Hull, United Kingdom

MKM is an independent builders’ merchant, with 47 branches across England and Scotland. The Company aim to be a ‘one stop shop’ for building, timber and plumbing supplies, and stock a wide range of products from the industry’s leading manufacturers all at competitive prices. The Company hold high levels of stock on-site to ensure both our customers in the building trade and the general public can get what they need, when they need it. MKM was founded in 1995 and is based in Hull, United Kingdom.

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