HQ Equita exits Windstar Medical in trade sale

The acquiring party is the subsidiary of German media conglomerate ProSiebenSat.1 Group and will buy HQ Equita's majority shareholding in Windstar.

For HQ, the exit comes less than two years after it acquired its majority stake in the company via an MBO in December 2014.

Previous funding
HQ Equita completed the buyout of Windstar in December 2014 in a deal valued between €50-100m.

The following year, Equita completed a refinancing round of the company, led by Berenberg Bank, Sparkasse and BHF Bank.

Company
Founded in 1993, Windstar is a Wehrheim-based producer of non-prescription drugs and health products.

The company's products are sold in non-pharmacy outlets such as supermarkets. Its operations also include redesigning prescription drugs for the generic market.

People
Windstar Medical – Thomas Weiss (CEO).

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