M&A Deal Summary

CPE Capital Acquires Bradken

On December 21, 2001, private equity firm CPE Capital acquired metals/mining company Bradken

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CPE Capital’s 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is CPE Capital’s 2nd transaction in Australia.
Investment Fate
  • Bradken went public in 2004 for 400M AUD.
  • Bradken was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-12-21
Target Bradken
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) CPE Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Bradken

Mayfield West, Australia
Bradken Ltd. is a global foundry and metal casting business, specializing in innovative, custom-designed iron and steel parts and equipment. The company supply the world’s largest mining companies with our tailored products including ground engaging tools (GET), crawler shoes, mill liners, crusher liners and wear solutions and monitoring systems.

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Buyer

CPE Capital

Sydney, Australia

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 3.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CHAMP Private Equity is an Australian private equity firm focused on seed, expansion stage, and buyout investments across a range of industry sectors. CHAMP's buyout practice looks for businesses valued A$100 million and A$750 million, requiring at least A$30 million in equity capital. The Firm primarily looks for businesses operating in Australia and New Zealand. CHAMP is affiliated with New York based private equity firm Castle Harlan. CHAMP Private Equity was formed in 2000 and is based in Sydney.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 35
Sector: Metals/Mining M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 28
Country: Australia M&A 2 of 29
Year: 2001 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-11-01 Penrice Soda Holdings

South Australia, Australia

Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd. Formerly Penrice Soda Products Pty Ltd) was established in the late 1930's. During CHAMP’s ownership Penrice was the only manufacturer in Australia of soda ash, a vital ingredient in products ranging from glass containers (especially wine bottles) to washing powder, and sodium bicarbonate, used in applications as diverse as animal feed, food and pharmaceuticals.

Buy AU$80M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-11-01 Sheridan Australia Pty.

Ultimo, Australia

Sheridan Australia Pty. Ltd. is a producer and marketer of premium bed linen and towels with about a 60% market share of branded bed linen products in Australia. Sheridan had meaningful operations in the US and UK and a growing presence in Asia and Europe. Sheridan products were sold in 40 countries around the globe.

Buy AU$140M