Lone Star Fund XII, L.P., a fund managed by Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire 60% stake in Capsules & Health Ingredients (CHI) business of Lonza Group AG from Lonza Group AG (SWX:LONN) for CHF 1.7 billion on March 6, 2026. A cash consideration of CHF 1.7 billion will be paid by Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc. The transaction is for an enterprise value of CHF 2.3 billion at closing. Lonza will retain a 40% stake in Capsules & Health Ingredients, with an additional preferential participation in a future exit. Considering the leading position and strengths of the CHI business after its return to growth in 2025, the total undiscounted value of the proceeds for Lonza from the full exit from CHI, including upfront proceeds, proceeds from future sale of its retained 40% stake and preferential participation in exit proceeds, is expected to be at or above CHF 3 billion. CHF 500 million will be returned to shareholders through a share buyback following receipt of proceeds. As part of its wider portfolio transformation, Lonza has also signed agreements to divest the Personalized Medicines business, the MODA software platform, and the small molecules micronization site in Monteggio.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions relating to regulatory approvals and completion of the legal separation of CHI from Lonza?s wider business. The transaction is expected to close in H2 2026. BofA Securities and Centerview Partners acted as joint financial advisors to Lonza. Lonza plans to invest the upfront proceeds into additional organic growth opportunities in line with the One Lonza Strategy, as well as bolt-on acquisitions. Tino Gaberthüel, Simone Ehrsam, Peter Ling and Franziska Stadtherr-Glättli of Lenz & Staehelin acted as legal advisor for Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc. Andreas Hinsen and Anna Capaul acted as legal advisor for Lonza Group AG. Marco G. Carbonare, Rupert Cheyne, Martina Farkas, Simon Branigan, Michael Leicht, Jamie Coomber, Matthew Devey, Ruprecht Freiherr von Maltzahn, Greg Palmer, Heiko Schiwek, Christoph Barth, Jana Hager, Paul Joseph, Wendy Suh, Atif Wolfgang Bhatti, Jack Harrison and Nursel Tevetoglu of Linklaters LLP acted as legal advisor for Lonza Group AG. Jacob Traff, James Hunn, David Higgins, Jamie Gordon, Daniel Borg, Sam Sherwood, Alexander Bond, André Duminy, Corina Demeter-Olive, Ceinwen Rees, Joseph Tootle, Michael Akpomiemie and Tim Volkheimer of Kirkland & Ellis acted as legal advisor for Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc. Christian Kames of Lazard & Co. GmbH acted as financial advisor to Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc.