M&A Deal Summary

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities Acquires Panasonic Consumer Energy

On March 17, 2021, asset manager AURELIUS Equity Opportunities acquired electrical equipment company Panasonic Consumer Energy from Panasonic

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 2nd transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 2nd transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-03-17
Target Panasonic Consumer Energy
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Sellers(s) Panasonic
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Panasonic Consumer Energy

Zellik, Belgium
Panasonic Consumer Energy operates two manufacturing facilities, one located in Belgium and one in Poland. The company has a history of high-quality manufacturing and distribution in the European market. Its key products include alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries as well as both rechargeable Ni-MH batteries and specialty batteries. Panasonic Consumer Energy is based in Zellik, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 54 of 63
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 26 of 34
Country (Belgium) 2 of 3
Year (2021) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-12 Huppe

Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

Huppe is a manufacturer of shower enclosures, shower trays, wall panels, and bathroom accessories. Huppe was founded in 1889 and is based in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-01 SSE Contracting

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

SSE Contracting is a Mechanical and Electrical contractor providing mechanical, electrical, rail, street lighting, and high voltage engineering services to install and maintain key infrastructure. SSE Contracting is based in Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.

Buy £28M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Panasonic

Kadoma, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1918
Sector Electronics
Employees229,183
Revenue 8.50T JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Panasonic is a manufacturer of electronics. Panasonic manufactures and markets a wide range of products under the Panasonic brand to enhance and enrich lifestyles all around the globe. Panasonic was founded in 1918 and is based in Kadoma, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 4 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 8 of 8
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-17 Universal Lighting Technologies

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Universal Lighting Technologies is a designer and manufacturer of ballasts and controls for commercial lighting applications. It offers electronic linear fluorescent ballasts, compact fluorescent ballasts, energy management and controllable lighting products, architectural dimming products, HID ballasts, lamp and lamp holders, LED products, and sign ballasts.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-23 Blue Yonder

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Blue Yonder is end-to-end, digital fulfillment platform provider in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) driven supply chain and retail solutions for 4,000 of the world’s leading retail, manufacturing and logistics companies. Blue Yonder enables an Autonomous Supply ChainTM by connecting its cognitive SaaS solutions from end-to-end — across planning, execution and delivery — with a broad partner ecosystem, empowering customers to better predict and shape demand, transform their product delivery and deliver outstanding customer experiences. Blue Yonder’s world-class client brands include 75 of the top 100 retailers, 77 of the top 100 consumer goods companies, and 8 of the top 10 global 3PLs. Blue Yonder was founded in 1985 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Buy $8.5B