M&A Deal Summary

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities Acquires Woodward - RPS Business & Protection Relays Business

On February 3, 2020, asset manager AURELIUS Equity Opportunities acquired diversified company Woodward - RPS Business & Protection Relays Business from Woodward

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 1st transaction in the Diversified sector.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is AURELIUS Equity Opportunities’ 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-03
Target Woodward - RPS Business & Protection Relays Business
Sector Diversified
Buyer(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Sellers(s) Woodward
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Woodward - RPS Business & Protection Relays Business

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Woodward's Renewable Power Systems produces converters and other key components used in wind turbines at its production sites in Kempen, Germany and Krakow, Poland. It is also active in the converter aftermarket, selling spare parts for the installed base, providing service contracts, training service personnel and delivering hardware and software upgrades through its global aftermarket services organization. Protection Relays Business is in protection relays and equipment that monitors electrical parameters.

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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 47 of 63
Sector (Diversified) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 20 of 34
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-16 GHOTEL

Bonn, Germany

GHOTEL GmbH is a hotel and apartment house chain with 3-star and 4-star properties. GHOTEL operates 13 hotels under different brands and two apartment houses throughout Germany and in Salzburg (Austria). GHOTEL GmbH was established in 2006 and is based in Bonn, Germany.

Sell €63M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-17 Distrelec

Nanikon, Switzerland

Distrelec is a B2B distributor of electronic and technical components. Beyond its main markets of Switzerland and Sweden, the company also has a strong market presence in 15 European countries. Its product portfolio has a significant focus on MRO components and targets B2B customers. Distrelec was founded in 1973 and is based in Nanikon, Switzerland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Woodward

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Category Company
Founded 1870
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees8,800
Revenue 2.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Woodward's corporate headquarters in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Entrance to Woodward's corporate headquarters in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Woodward is a designer, manufacturer, and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions. Woodward designs, produces and services reliable, efficient, low-emission, and high-performance energy control products for diverse applications in challenging environments. The Company has production and assembly facilities in the US, Europe and Asia, and promotes its products and services globally. Woodward was founded in 1870 and is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Diversified) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-09 L’Orange

Stuttgart, Germany

L’Orange GmbH is a provider of fuel injection systems for industrial diesel, heavy fuel oil and dual-fuel engines. L’Orange was founded in 1933 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

Buy €700M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-01 SEG electronics

Kempen, Germany

SEG electronics offers its customers a broad range of protection relays used for the electrical protection of generators, transformers, motors, cables and overhead lines. As an independent supplier of protection relays, SEG Electronics has more than 50 years‘ experience in high-voltage, medium-voltage and low-voltage applications. SEG electronics was founded in 1969 and is based in Kempen, Germany.

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