# BC Partners launches tender offer for IMA at €68 per share

BC Partners, through IMA BidCo, launched a mandatory tender offer for IMA, a packaging machinery manufacturer, at €68 per share, valuing IMA at €2.93 billion. The offer closes on 14 January 2021.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-12-14
- Where: Italy
- Value: $3.55B (2.93B EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: automatic packaging machines
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [IMA](https://endata.com/companies/2863.md) (target)
- [BC Partners](https://endata.com/companies/4596.md) (acquirer)
- [SOFIMA](https://endata.com/companies/48762.md) (target)
- [Vacchi family](https://endata.com/companies/52177.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bebeez.eu](https://bebeez.eu/2020/12/14/bc-partners-tender-offer-over-milan-listed-ima-starts-today-meanwhile-its-holding-sofima-places-1-28-bn-euros-of-senior-bonds/), 2020-12-14: "The tender offer by IMA BidCo spa on IMA spa starts today."
- [ameft.com](https://ameft.com/bc-partners-has-launched-an-offer-over-milan-listed-ima/), 2020-12-29: "The tender offer by IMA BidCo spa on IMA spa started on the 14th of December."

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