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IK flies high with sale of Dutch drugs company

IK Investment Partners has agreed to sell a Dutch business that produces over-the-counter drugs and food supplements to an entity owned by Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Thursday 28 July 2016 at 08:35

IK Investment Partners has agreed to sell a Dutch business that produces over-the-counter drugs and food supplements to an entity owned by Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Financial details of the sale of Vemedia were undisclosed in the statement on July 28, but a person familiar with the matter said that the enterprise value was approximately €375 million, with the sale netting IK a return of 2.4x, the person added.