M&A Deal Summary

Aurubis Acquires Metallo Group

On May 22, 2019, Aurubis acquired environmental company Metallo Group from TowerBrook Capital Partners for 380M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Aurubis’ 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Aurubis’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Aurubis’ 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-05-22
Target Metallo Group
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Aurubis
Sellers(s) TowerBrook Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 380M EUR

Target

Metallo Group

Beerse, Belgium
Metallo Group is a refiner and recycler of secondary metals, principally copper and tin. Over 350,000 tons of raw materials are recycled annually through the different stages of Metallo’s recycling processes and returned back into the value chain with zero waste. Metallo Group was founded in 1919 and is based in Beerse, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Aurubis

Hamburg, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1866
Sector Metals/Mining
Employees7,283
Revenue 17.1B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Aurubis is a provider of non-ferrous metals and copper recycler. Aurubis produces high-purity, high-quality copper from copper concentrates and recycling materials and processes it into intermediate products. Copper scrap and a variety of other recycling materials are reintroduced to the economic cycle this way. Aurubis was founded in 1866 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Environmental) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-16 azeti

Berlin, Germany

azeti GmbH develops and markets an internet-of-things (IoT) platform that integrates and evaluates production data. azeti is based in Berlin, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TowerBrook Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 17.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TowerBrook Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, leveraged build-ups and distressed situation investments throughout North America and Europe. TowerBrook prefers control-oriented investments and actively pursues complex situations that other firms may avoid. Target sectors include consumer services, distribution, beverages, pharmaceuticals, media, technology, communications, software, and healthcare. TowerBrook Capital Partners was established in 2001 and is headquartered in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 36 of 45
Sector (Environmental) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 21
Country (Belgium) 2 of 2
Year (2019) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-17 KeHE

Naperville, Illinois, United States

KeHE provides natural & organic, specialty & fresh products to chain and independent grocery and natural food stores and other specialty product retailers throughout North America. KeHE is an employee-owned, B Corporation certified, company with over 5,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada. KeHE was founded in 1952 and is based in Naperville, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-19 Sports Capital Holdings

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Sports Capital Holdings is the holding company for the partnership interests of the St. Louis Blues Hockey Club and the entities which hold the rights to operate the Scottrade Center arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis Blues is a member franchise of the National Hockey League. The team was added in 1967 during the first NHL expansion and has been recognized historically as one of the NHL's strongest and most storied franchises.

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