M&A Deal Summary

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities Acquires Unilux

On October 13, 2021, asset manager AURELIUS Equity Opportunities acquired building materials company Unilux from WERU

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 4th transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 21st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-10-13
Target Unilux
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Sellers(s) WERU
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Unilux

Salmtal, Germany
Unilux is a full-range supplier in the premium segment for windows and doors in private housing. Unilux is based in Salmtal, Germany.

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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 57 of 64
Sector: Building Materials M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 29 of 35
Country: Germany M&A 21 of 22
Year: 2021 M&A 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-01 SSE Contracting

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

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Buy £28M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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United Kingdom

McKesson's UK Businesses is a fully integrated healthcare provider, across retail, wholesale, homecare, and digital platforms. It comprises lloyds pharmacy as well as wholesale pharmaceuticals distributor, AAH Pharmaceuticals. The business has over 18,000 employees, including pharmacists, nurses, logistics operatives as well as store, warehouse, and administration personnel.

Buy £477M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

WERU

Rudersberg, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1843
Sector Building Materials
Employees1,000
DESCRIPTION

WERU is a manufacturer of windows and doors. WERU develops, produces, and sells PVC and aluminum windows as well as doors and other related products, primarily for the private housing and renovation markets. WERU was founded in 1843 and is based in Rudersberg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-30 Unilux

Salmtal, Germany

Unilux is a full-range supplier in the premium segment for windows and doors in private housing. Unilux is based in Salmtal, Germany.

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