M&A Deal Summary

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities Acquires Consinto

On January 13, 2009, asset manager AURELIUS Equity Opportunities acquired information technology company Consinto from Thales

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 4th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Consinto was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2012 for 20M EUR.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-01-13
Target Consinto
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Sellers(s) Thales
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Consinto

Siegburg, Germany
Consinto GmbH is an IT service providers for SAP systems and custom solutions. Consinto was founded in 1978 and is based in Siegburg, Germany.

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DESCRIPTION

The AURELIUS Group is an independent investment firm focused on buyouts and spin-offs of Western European middle-market to large companies. The Firm looks to invest €5 to €80 million per transaction in companies valued up to €250 million. AURELIUS is a generalist investor but has a preference for opportunities in the chemicals, information technology, consumer products, business services, and industrials sectors. The AURELIUS Group was formed in 2006 and is based in Grünwald, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 64
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 35
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 22
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-18 Blaupunkt

Schonefeld, Germany

Blaupunkt stands for a broad range of high-quality products from the field of consumer electronics. Blaupunkt was founded in 1924 and is based in Schonefeld, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-03-01 LD Didactic

Hurth, Germany

LD Didactic is a provider of technical teaching systems for schools and vocational training. The group offers complete solutions for general education in science and vocational training in technology, engineering and science. LD Didactic is based in Hurth, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Thales

Meudon, France

Category Company
Founded 1893
Sector Safety/Security
Employees78,189
Revenue 20.6B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to a Thales facility in Irvine, California.
Entrance to a Thales facility in Irvine, California.

Thales is a provider of integrated solutions and equipment for security systems primarily to the aerospace and defense markets. Thales was founded in 1893 and is based in Meudon, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 8
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Yoqneam Ilit, Israel

CMT is a provider of advanced digital X-ray imaging systems for medical diagnosis. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-resolution digital system, virtually eliminating the use of cassette filming and 105 mm spot cameras.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Chatenay-Malabry, France

Sofradir SAS provides high performance imaging related to Defence, Space and Civil systems. Sofradir masters and proposes a wide range of technologies.

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