Berkshire Partners invests in middle market companies located primarily in North America. The firm focuses on companies with minimum revenues of $100 million, EBITDA of $25 million or more and enterprise values of $200 million - $2 billion. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of consumer products and retail, business services, industrials, communications and healthcare. The firm seeks minority and majority positions and provides financing for LBOs, MBOs, acquisitions, recapitalizations, privatizations, consolidation strategy, family businesses, corporate carve-outs, PIPEs, and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $50 to $500 million. The firm also considers public and add-on acquisition investments.

Cardinal Health, Inc. engages in the provision of pharmaceutical and medical products. It operates through the Pharmaceutical and Medical segments. The Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, and over-the-counter healthcare and consumer products in the United States. The Medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products, which are sold in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and other markets. The company was founded by Robert D. Walter in 1971 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

Eli Lilly & Co. engages in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products. It operates through two segments: Human Pharmaceutical Products and Animal Health. The Human Pharmaceutical products segment includes the discovery, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of human pharmaceutical products worldwide in the following therapeutic areas: neuroscience, endocrinology, oncology, cardiovascular and other. The Animal health segment operating through the Elanco Animal Health division, develops, manufactures, and markets products for both food and companion animals. The Animal health products include Rumensin, Tylan, Posilac, Paylean and other products for livestock and poultry, as well as Trifexis, Comfortis, and other products for companion animals. The company was founded by Eli Lilly on May 1876 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.