M&A Deal Summary

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities Acquires Getronics

On January 24, 2012, asset manager AURELIUS Equity Opportunities acquired information technology company Getronics from Koninklijke KPN for 220M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 1st transaction in the Netherlands.
Investment Fate
  • Getronics was sold to a strategic buyer in 2017 for 220M EUR.
  • Getronics was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2020 for 200M EUR.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-01-24
Target Getronics
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Sellers(s) Koninklijke KPN
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 220M EUR

Target

Getronics

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Getronics is an oldest technology services firm that provides a full suite of ICT services for many global brands and organizations. As an expert in the fields of workspace management services, connectivity, data centers, and consulting, Getronics is ideally placed to serve internationally active corporations and public-sector organizations throughout the world. Getronics was formed in 1887 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2006
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
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 9 of 63
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 34
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 4
Year (2012) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-20 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.

Sell €20M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-01 Studienkreis

Bochum, Germany

Studienkreis is one of the major private education providers in Germany that offers qualified tutoring for students of all classes and types of school in all major subjects. Individual support follows a scientifically proven learning concept. Studienkreis was founded in 1974 and is based in Bochum, Germany.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Koninklijke KPN

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 1881
Sector Communications
Employees7,016
Revenue 5.4B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Koninklijke KPN is a provider of ICT services. With a wide range of products and services, we operate with different brands many different customer groups - at home and abroad. Prepaid calling in the U.S., to interactive HD television in the Netherlands. Koninklijke KPN was founded in 1881 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 7
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 4
Year (2012) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-21 iBasis

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

iBasis, Inc. is a international voice carrier and provider of value-added services for mobile operators. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of voice termination and data services, including messaging, signaling and roaming, for many of the world’s largest fixed and mobile operators, as well as voice-over-broadband (OTT) service providers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-02 Getronics Latam

Bogota, Colombia

Getronics is a top provider of ICT services in Latin America. Getronics provides the people at the great corporates the capacity to grow through the power of information. To achieve this, Getronics relies on a complete portfolio of solutions that integrates ICT services for the corporate market, working in alignment with the Global Service Delivery model, which ensures that services all over the world portrait the same quality.

Sell -
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