Processing timeline
30
days
Filed
11 July 2026
Acquirer(s)
Apollo Capital Management, L.P. US-DE - 4293091, AP Emerald (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. RCS - B307795
Target(s) or Vendor(s)
Bayer Global Investments B.V. KVK - 51490986, Bayer Asset Management B.V. KVK - 42012880
Other parties
Bayer Nordic SE Finnish Patent and Registration Office - 2430580-2, Apollo Global Management, Inc. CIK 0001858681, Bayer Oy Finnish Patent and Registration Office - 1703777-4, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft HRB - 48248
AP Emerald (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., advised by Apollo Capital Management, L.P., acquired a minority share in Bayer Asset Management B.V. from Bayer Global Investments B.V. This share sale involves global life science company Bayer, whose subsidiary Bayer Oy produces long-acting reversible contraceptives.
The proposed transaction involves the acquisition by AP Emerald (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. of a minority share of Bayer Asset Management B.V. from Bayer Global Investments B.V. (the Acquisition ). Bayer Global Investments B.V. will retain a majority share in Bayer Asset Management B.V. At closing of the Acquisition, Bayer Asset Management B.V. will indirectly hold 100% of the shares in Bayer Oy. AP Emerald (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. is a special purpose vehicle which is indirectly managed and advised by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its indirect subsidiaries managing the investment fund, Apollo ). Apollo is a global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York. Bayer Asset Management B.V. is a newly incorporated entity wholly owned by Bayer Global Investments B.V. Bayer Global Investments B.V. is ultimately controlled by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (together with its subsidiaries, Bayer ). Bayer is a globally active life science company with its headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. Bayer conducts its business in three divisions: pharmaceuticals, consumer health and crop science. Bayer Oy, which is headquartered in Turku, Finland, produces long-acting reversible contraceptives.