Boehringer Ingelheim acquires SSP (エスエス製薬), acquiring remaining 40% for US$ 365 million

Boehringer Ingelheim acquisition values SSP at approx US$ 900 million

Boehringer Ingelheim acquires SSP stage-by-stage: 9.2% in 1996, 60% in 2001, 100% in 2010

Boehringer Ingelheim acquires SSP (エスエス製薬株式会社), a Japanese OTC pharma company founded originally in 1765 as a pharmacy in Yaesu, Tokyo, starting with business cooperation, followed by staged investment over a period of five years, starting in 1995, followed by a Take-Over-Bid and delisting of SSP from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2010.

SSP (エスエス製薬株式会社), founded in 1765

History, and acquisition steps by Boehringer Ingelheim:

  • SSP (エスエス製薬株式会社) was founded in 1765 as a pharmacy in Yaesu, Tokyo
  • On 29 October 1927 the company was incorporated as (株)瓢箪屋薬房
  • In 1940 the company name was changed to (エスエス製薬株式会社)
  • 1969 IPO on the 2nd section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • 1971 IPO on the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • 1995-1996 Boehringer Ingelheim invests in SSP, and becomes largest share holder
  • 2001 Boehringer Ingelheim increases shareholding to above 50%
  • 15 February 2010 Boehringer Ingelheim Japan Investment GK (ベーリンガーインゲルハイム・ジャパン・インベストメント合同会社) issues a Take-Over-Bid (TOB), which is concluded on 15 April 2010, resulting in Boehringer Ingelheim Investment Japan acquiring a total of 93% of SSP shares.
  • 16 July 2010 SSP is delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • 1 October 2010 merger with Boehringer Ingelheim Japan Investment GK (ベーリンガーインゲルハイム・ジャパン・インベストメント合同会社)
  • 19 November 2010 merger with BI Nippon Invest GK (BIニッポンインベスト合同会社)
  • 19 November 2010 becomes subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Japan KK (ベーリンガーインゲルハイムジャパン株式会社)
  • 1 January 2017 as part of a global asset swap of Boehringer Ingelheim with Sanofi, SSP becomes a subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi (サノフィ株式会社)

Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. (ベーリンガーインゲルハイム ジャパン株式会社)

Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. (ベーリンガーインゲルハイム ジャパン株式会社) was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of the German Boehringer Ingelheim Group, which was founded in 1885 in Ingelheim am Rhein in 1885.

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