M&A Deal Summary

Qalaa Holdings Acquires ASEC Holding

On December 1, 2004, private equity firm Qalaa Holdings acquired building materials company ASEC Holding

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Qalaa Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Qalaa Holdings’ 2nd transaction in Egypt.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-12-01
Target ASEC Holding
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Qalaa Holdings
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

ASEC Holding

Cairo, Egypt
ASEC Holding is a national and regional investor in cement production, technical management, and consultancy and construction. The integrated group is composed of three distinct divisions (cement manufacturing, operation and management and construction and contracting) serving both industry and end-consumers. ASEC Holding was founded in 1975 and is based in Cairo, Egypt.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Qalaa Holdings

Cairo, Egypt

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 9.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Qalaa Holdings is an independent private equity firm focused on traditional buyout, consolidation, and turnaround opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Qalaa prefers investments requiring a minimum equity commitment of $100 million. Sectors of interest include energy, cement, specialty real estate, mining, agribusiness, glass manufacturing, transportation and metallurgy. Qalaa generally looks for control positions only when evaluating transactions. Qalaa Holdings was formed in 2004 and is based in Cairo, Egypt.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 21
Sector (Building Materials) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 6
Country (Egypt) 2 of 16
Year (2004) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-01 ASCOM Geology & Mining

New Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

ASCOM Geology & Mining, S.A.E. (ASCOM) is a regional geological and mining services company that specializes in geological investigations and the management of quarry operations for the cement industry as well as exploration and production of industrial minerals and precious metals including gold and copper.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-27 Egyptian Fertilizer SAE

Giza, Egypt

EFC is the largest private sector producer of nitrogen based fertilizer located in Egypt, and the largest Egyptian exporter of fertilizer.

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