M&A Deal Summary

Qalaa Holdings Acquires Sphinx Glass

On September 1, 2007, private equity firm Qalaa Holdings acquired manufacturer Sphinx Glass

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Qalaa Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Qalaa Holdings’ 16th transaction in Egypt.
Investment Fate
  • Sphinx Glass was sold to a strategic buyer in 2014 for 190M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-09-01
Target Sphinx Glass
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Qalaa Holdings
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Sphinx Glass

Cairo, Egypt
Sphinx Glass Ltd is a manufacturer and exporter of glass containers.

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Buyer

Qalaa Holdings

Cairo, Egypt

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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 18 of 24
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 9
Country: Egypt M&A 16 of 19
Year: 2007 M&A 9 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-01 Rally Energy

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rally Energy is an oil and gas company, Rally Energy is based in Calgary, Alberta.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-01 Nile Valley Petroleum

Sudan

Nile Valley Petroleum (NVPL) is an oil and gas exploration and production platform.

Buy -