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OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC. to Be Acquired for $1.40B

This transaction involves Olaplex Holdings, Inc., a consumer-retail-sector company, as the target of a cash acquisition by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, structured as a sponsor exit. The deal falls under the M&A product group, and its disclosed value is $1,400,000,000.

Mar 26, 2026·SEC EDGAR (8-K)·pending regulatory·cash acquisition / sponsor exit

Deal value

The facts are sourced from an 8-K filing with the SEC via EDGAR, published March 26, 2026. The deal's status is pending regulatory, indicating it had not yet closed as of that filing.

Only one financial advisor is disclosed: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, which is acting as financial advisor to OLAPLEX (the target) and is designated lead on that side. The source sentence states that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as financial advisor and Ropes & Gray LLP is serving as legal counsel to OLAPLEX. No financial advisor is named for the acquirer, Henkel, in the facts provided.

The only legal advisor disclosed is Ropes & Gray LLP, serving as legal counsel to the target, OLAPLEX, per the same source sentence naming J.P. Morgan as financial advisor. No legal advisor is named for the acquirer side.

Beyond describing the transaction as a cash acquisition structured as a sponsor exit, valued at $1,400,000,000, the facts block does not provide further detail on the per-share price or the identity of the exiting sponsor beyond the general "sponsor exit" subtype label.

Several facts are not disclosed in this record. No financial or legal advisor is named for the acquirer, Henkel. No expected closing date is given, and the facts block does not identify the specific sponsor whose exit this transaction represents.