M&A Deal Summary

UDG Healthcare Acquires KnowledgePoint360 Group

On February 27, 2014, UDG Healthcare acquired healthcare services company KnowledgePoint360 Group from ABRY Partners for 144M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 2nd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is UDG Healthcare’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-02-27
Target KnowledgePoint360 Group
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) UDG Healthcare
Sellers(s) ABRY Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 144M USD

Target

KnowledgePoint360 Group

Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States
KnowledgePoint360 Group is a global leader in medical communications, serving healthcare professionals and the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries. We’re proud of our heritage of excellence dating back to 1972 – and we’re even prouder of the passion and value we bring to our work today.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

UDG Healthcare

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1948
Sector Business Services
Employees9,000
Revenue 1.3B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

UDG Healthcare operates in two segments, Ashfield and Sharp. Ashfield is a global integrated healthcare services partner offering a breadth of services in advisory, marketing, communications, strategic engagement, and patient solutions. Sharp engages in contract packaging, clinical, manufacturing, and technology services. UDG Healthcare was founded in 1948 and is based in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 32
Sector (Healthcare Services) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 26
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 13
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-12 Craig and Hayward

Prudhoe, United Kingdom

Craig and Hayward Ltd. is a supplier of specials medicines in the UK market. Company acts as a ‘one stop specials shop’ for the retail pharmacy sector. A ‘special’ is a specially prepared product manufactured in response to a prescription to meet a specific patient’s requirements. The company differentiates itself from competitors through its extensive supplier base, allowing it to source product to service all areas of the market, and its intensive customer service with the vast majority of orders filled within 24 hours.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-18 UDG Healthcare - Pharmaceutical Distribution Division

Israel

UDG Healthcare - Pharmaceutical Distribution Division is a United Drug and United Drug Sangers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 41 of 103
Sector (Healthcare Services) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 21 of 53
State (New Jersey) 4 of 9
Country (United States) 37 of 88
Year (2014) 3 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 27 of 29
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-18 AFS Technologies

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

AFS Technologies is a provider of fully integrated business software solutions, specifically engineered for the Food and Beverage industries. AFS new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), based on Web Services and built on Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0, provides its customers with greater IT flexibility, increased scalability of their existing systems, and more powerful functionality, all at an affordable price. AFS Technologies was founded in 1985 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-11 Prospect Park Networks

Los Angeles, California, United States

Prospect Park Networks LLC is a music talent management and TV and film production company, offering ‘360’ management, working with their clients on touring, recording, endorsements and sponsorships.

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