M&A Deal Summary

Uniphar Group Acquires Cahill May Roberts

On November 14, 2012, Uniphar Group acquired medical products company Cahill May Roberts from Celesio AG for 50M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Uniphar Group’s 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Uniphar Group’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Uniphar Group’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-11-14
Target Cahill May Roberts
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Uniphar Group
Sellers(s) Celesio AG
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 50M EUR

Target

Cahill May Roberts

Dublin, Ireland
Cahill May Roberts Ltd. is a seller and distributor of medical products including prescription and over the counter medicines to pharmacies and hospitals in Ireland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Uniphar Group

Dublin, Ireland

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Category Company
Sector Medical Products
DESCRIPTION

Uniphar Group plc is the largest integrated healthcare supply and services provider in Ireland. Uniphar has two divisions Manufacturer Services and Retail Services. Company Manufacturer Services has built a total outsourced solution for healthcare manufacturers across Ireland and the UK. Company Retail Services business supports community pharmacists to run a profitable business and give the best possible service to their patients and customers.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-17 Star Medical

Bath, United Kingdom

Star Medical is a full service outsourcing and resourcing company that delivers sales, marketing, medical and clinical people for Pharma, Medical Devices & Technology, Clinical Research and Healthcare Communications businesses; Star’s tailored services include dedicated teams, vacancy management, direct to headcount recruitment, consultancy and master vendor.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Celesio AG

Stuttgart, Germany

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Category Company
Founded 1835
Sector Retail
Employees38,000
Revenue 21.4B EUR (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Celesio is an international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. The proactive and preventive approach ensures that patients receive the products and support that they require for optimum care. Celesio operates in 14 countries around the world. Every day, the group serves over 2 million customers - at 2,200 pharmacies of its own and 4,100 participants in brand partnership schemes. With 132 wholesale branches, Celesio supplies 65,000 pharmacies and hospitals every day with up to 130,000 pharmaceutical products. The services benefit a patient pool of about 15 million per day.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector (Medical Products) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 8
Country (Ireland) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-25 DocMorris NV

Heerlen, Netherlands

DocMorris is Europe’s first mail order pharmacy and supplies original branded medicines at affordable prices via home delivery across the continent.

Sell €25M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-19 Rudolf Spiegel

Grafschaft, Germany

Rudolf Spiegel GmbH sells pharmacy equipment and successful market entry products to pharmacies in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Italy.

Sell -