M&A Activity • Jul 30, 2021
M&A Activity
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Munich, 30 July 2021 – Mutares SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000A2NB650) has successfully sold its subsidiaries TréfilUnion, EUPEC and La Meusienne to LiCap GmbH, investment vehicle of Prof. Dr. Frank Richter, entrepreneur and co-founder of Swiss Global Investment Group AG.
Mutares takes a further step in consolidating its portfolio by selling the companies to LiCap GmbH who will benefit from the combination of the three companies by leveraging on shared synergies. This acquisition is also an opportunity to further capitalize on three companies already sharing some of their Management teams, operations and support functions, working together on a daily basis. Together they generate revenues of approx. EUR 80 million and employ around 280 people.
LiCap GmbH and Prof. Dr. Frank Richter are considered suitable partners to continue the next challenge and execute the companies' development plans while realizing untapped synergies of such a combination of assets.
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich (www.mutares.com), as a listed private equity holding company with offices in Munich (HQ), Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Vienna, acquires medium-sized companies and parts of larger groups with headquarters in Europe that show a clear potential for operational improvement and are sold again after undergoing a repositioning and stabilization process. Mutares actively supports and develops its portfolio companies with its own investment and consulting teams as well as through acquisitions of strategic add-ons. With for aim a ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) of 7 to 10 times on the total investment with a focus on sustainable growth of the portfolio companies. In 2020, Mutares SE & Co. KGaA generated consolidated revenues of approx. EUR 1.6 billion employing more than 12,000 people worldwide. Based on this, consolidated revenues are expected to increase to approximately EUR 3.0 billion by 2023. Mutares is strongly committed to a sustainable dividend policy consisting of a base dividend and a performance dividend. The shares of Mutares SE & Co. KGaA are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "MUX" (ISIN: DE000A2NB650).
For more information, please contact:
Investor Relations Phone +49 89 9292 7760 E-mail: [email protected] www.mutares.de
CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH
Susan Hoffmeister Phone +49 89 125 09 0333 E-mail: [email protected] www.crossalliance.de
CLAI Gaëtan Commault - [email protected] / +33 06 99 37 65 64 Dorian Masquelier - [email protected] / +33 07 77 26 24 57
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