Investment Summary

Exits ProStrakan Group

On September 10, 2009, invested in life science company ProStrakan Group from Warburg Pincus for 300M GBP

Investment Highlights
  • This is transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary
Date 2009-09-10
Target ProStrakan Group
Sector Life Science
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Stake Sale
Deal Value 300M GBP

Target

ProStrakan Group

Galashiels, United Kingdom
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ProStrakan Group plc was created in 2004 by the merger of Strakan Group plc and ProSkelia. The combined company, based in Galashiels, Scotland, is a rapidly growing international specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of prescription medicines for the treatment of unmet therapeutic needs in major markets

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 89.0B 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 STATS #
Overall 46 of 209
Sector (Life Science) 8 of 18
Type (Stake Sale) 2 of 8
Country (United Kingdom) 7 of 16
Year (2009) 3 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 33 of 55
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-28 Kontron AG

Augsburg, Germany

Kontron AG is a manufacturer of embedded computer technology (ECT) and supplier of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in a broad range of market segments, including data and telecommunications, automation, mobile computing, medical technology, military technology, aerospace, and measuring and control engineering.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-25 easycash

Ratingen, Germany

easycash is the German point of sale (POS) Network Service Provider. easycash offers customised card-based payment solutions and credit card routing to a broad range of merchant customers.

Sell €290M
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