Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Medical Products

Warburg Pincus Acquires Wright Medical Group N.V.

On July 21, 2006, private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired medical products company Wright Medical Group N.V.

Acquisition Context
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 10th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 3rd transaction in the Netherlands.
Investment Fate
  • Wright Medical Group N.V. went public in 2011.
  • Wright Medical Group N.V. was sold to a strategic buyer in 2019 for 5.4B USD.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date July 21, 2006
Target Wright Medical Group N.V.
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Wright Medical Group N.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wright Medical Group N.V. is a medical device company focused on extremities and biologics. Wright Medical Group was founded in 1950 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Buyer

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 99 of 493
Sector: Medical Products 10 of 21
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 35 of 86
Country: Netherlands 3 of 7
Year: 2006 12 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-10 Brandywine Senior Care

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States

Based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Brandywine Senior Living is an owner and operator of senior housing residences in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware with approximately 1,400 active beds. In June 2006, Warburg Pincus completed the acquisition of Brandywine in partnership with the company's existing management team, led by CEO Brenda Bacon. Brandywine expects to grow through the acquisition, development and management of additional senior housing facilities in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-25 WNS

Mumbai, India

WNS is a Business Process Management (BPM) company that delivers an entire spectrum of business process management services such as customer care, finance and accounting, human resource solutions, research and analytics, technology solutions, and industry-specific back-office and front-office processes. WNS was founded in 1996 and is based in Mumbai, India.

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