GTCR and Warburg Pincus Complete Recapitalization of Sterigenics International

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the previously announced transaction to recapitalize Sterigenics International (“Sterigenics” or “the company”) with an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sterigenics is the leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and high-performance materials industries. In 2014, Sterigenics acquired Nordion, a supplier of medical isotopes and sterilization technologies, creating the only vertically integrated sterilization provider in the world. The company operates more than 40 sterilization facilities across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

In executing its Leaders Strategy™, GTCR partnered with veteran executives Michael Mulhern and Phil Macnabb to acquire Sterigenics in 2011. Since that transaction, the business has experienced a significant transformation. The management team has grown and improved the platform with operational enhancements, investments in additional capacity and the execution of highly strategic acquisitions, including the acquisition of Nordion.

“We are thrilled to close the recapitalization of Sterigenics, and we look forward to working with Warburg Pincus and the Sterigenics team to continue to grow this market leading business,” said GTCR Managing Director, Dean Mihas.

“This is another excellent example of GTCR successfully executing its Leaders Strategy™ with an exceptional management team,” added Sean Cunningham, Managing Director at GTCR. “We’re excited to partner again with Michael Mulhern, Phil Macnabb, and the entire Sterigenics team to expand the business through both investments in organic growth and additional acquisitions.”

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Jefferies LLC served as financial advisors and Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP provided legal counsel to Sterigenics and GTCR. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC provided additional financial advice to GTCR and provided debt financing for the transaction, along with Jefferies Finance LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and RBC Capital Markets. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP served as legal advisor to Warburg Pincus.

About Sterigenics International LLC

Sterigenics International LLC is a global leader in outsourced contract sterilization services, gamma technologies and medical isotopes, and the only vertically integrated sterilization company in the world. Operating out of 43 facilities in 12 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, Sterigenics provides contract sterilization and ionization services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety, and high performance/specialty materials industries. Through SteriPro® Labs service, Sterigenics offers microbiological and analytical testing and consultancy to assist customers in developing and maintaining sterilization solutions in medical devices, tissue/implantable products, and pharmaceuticals and biologics fields. Subsidiary Nordion Inc. positions Sterigenics as the world’s largest provider of Cobalt-60 used in the gamma sterilization process as well as medical isotopes used in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases and cancers. Sterigenics International LLC serves more than 2,500 customers around the world.

About GTCR

Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm focused on investing in growth companies in the Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Information Services & Technology industries. The Chicago-based firm pioneered The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify, acquire and build market-leading companies through transformational acquisitions and organic growth. Since its inception, GTCR has invested more than $10 billion in over 200 companies. For more information, please visit www.gtcr.com.

About Warburg Pincus

Warburg Pincus LLC is a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing. The firm has more than $35 billion in assets under management. The firm’s active portfolio of more than 120 companies is highly diversified by stage, sector and geography. Warburg Pincus is an experienced partner to management teams seeking to build durable companies with sustainable value.

Founded in 1966, Warburg Pincus has raised 14 private equity funds, which have invested more than $50 billion in over 720 companies in more than 35 countries. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mumbai, San Francisco, São Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, please visit www.warburgpincus.com.

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Sterigenics
John Vita, 847-853-8283
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GTCR
Eileen Rochford, +1-(312)-953-3305
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Warburg Pincus
Ed Trissel, 212-878-9288
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Mary Zimmerman, 212-878-9207
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Source: GTCR

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