M&A Deal Summary

Qalaa Holdings Acquires Uniboard

On January 1, 2009, private equity firm Qalaa Holdings acquired environmental company Uniboard

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Qalaa Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Qalaa Holdings’ 18th transaction in Egypt.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-01-01
Target Uniboard
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Qalaa Holdings
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Uniboard

Cairo, Egypt
Uniboard is a strategic greenfield investment providing a vertical integration to the rest of the Group. It capitalizes on recycled wastepaper as one of the main raw materials in the production of duplex boards. Uniboard was founded in 2013 and is based in Cairo, Egypt.

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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 22 of 24
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: Egypt M&A 18 of 19
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-01 Rift Valley Railways

Kenya

Rift Valley Railways concession to operate a century-old rail line with some 2,000 kilometers of track linking the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya with the interiors of both Kenya and Uganda, including Kampala.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-01 Tawazon

Egypt

Tawazon is a solid waste management industry. The sector is rapidly developing throughout the region with a limited number of large companies and often inefficient and incomplete operations translating into significant pockets of unserved demand.

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