M&A Activity • Jul 31, 2007
M&A Activity
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Further to the press release dated 20 July 2007, TKH announces that final agreement has been reached on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in CAE Groupe, based in France.
CAE Groupe is active in ICT and electro-technical solutions in the TKH sectors Building and Industrial Solutions. In 2006, CAE Groupe booked turnover of 122.1 million and a normalised operational result (EBIT) of 12 million. CAE has 300 employees.
The management of CAE Groupe will be continued in its current form and will be lead by Mr. O. Frias, CAE Groupe s CEO. Mr. Frias will also be appointed as a member of the strategic committee of the TKH group.
For this acquisition, TKH issues 400,000 (1.14%) new (certificates of) shares, which will be placed against CAE Groupe s shares with the management andthe other former shareholders of CAE Groupe.
The acquisition of CAE Groupe will have a positive impact on TKH s earnings per share in the second half of 2007.
Haaksbergen, 30 July 2007
Executive Board
For more information: J.M.A. (Alexander) van der Lof, Chairman of the Executive Board tel. + 31 (0) 53 5732901 Website TKH Group: www.tkhgroup.com Website CAE Groupe : www.cae-groupe.fr
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Profile
TKH Group NV (TKH) is an internationally operating group of companies that as a solution supplier has specialised in creating and supplying innovative Telecom, Building and Industrial Solutions.
The activities in the form of technologies, know-how, products and added value such as consulting, development, assembly and delivery of systems, form the building blocks for innovative solutions. These activities are concentrated in three groups: the Technical Trading Group, the Cable Group and the Machinery Group.
At TKH it is the solutions that play the central role, not the kind of activity (group).
The Telecom Solutions consist of solutions ranging from basic infrastructure to home networking applications, for both the outdoor and indoor telecom (ICT) -markets.
The Building Solutions comprise solutions ranging from efficient electrical engineering to ICT systems for the health care sector. In this segment TKH concentrates on cable systems and networks, intercom systems, nurse paging systems, access control and electricity distribution.
The Industrial Solutions consist of advanced solutions for production automation, car and truck tyre building systems and industrial applications in the field of speciality cable and cable accessories.
The 38 companies in the TKH Group are active all over the world. Its growth is concentrated on North West and Eastern Europe and Asia. In 2006 TKH secured a turnover of 686 million with 2,961 employees.
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