(Reuters) – KKR has abandoned a private equity consortium discussing a takeover of Gerresheimer AG, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Warburg Pincus, which was also a part of the consortium, is still working to see if it can reach a deal, the report said. Earlier this month, Reuters reported […]
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KKR drops out of consortium seeking Gerresheimer takeover, Bloomberg News reports
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(Reuters) – KKR has abandoned a private equity consortium discussing a takeover of Gerresheimer AG, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Warburg Pincus, which was also a part of the consortium, is still working to see if it can reach a deal, the report said.
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that a consortium including KKR and Warburg Pincus had submitted a non-binding bid for Gerresheimer.
Gerresheimer, which makes pens used to inject weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, has a market capitalization of about 2.22 billion euros, according to LSEG data.
The consortium had submitted a bid at about 90 euros a share, which would value the company at nearly 3.1 billion euros ($3.42 billion).
Gerresheimer and Warburg Pincus declined to comment while KKR did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
In February, the German company said it was in early-stage discussions with private equity investors over a potential sale of the company.
Gerresheimer said at that time that the interest was informal and on a non-binding basis.
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(Reporting by Pretish M J in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona and Maju Samuel)