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SD Worx Acquires fidelis HR

On March 14, 2016, SD Worx acquired business services company fidelis HR from AURELIUS Equity Opportunities

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SD Worx’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is SD Worx’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-03-14
Target fidelis HR
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) SD Worx
Sellers(s) AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

fidelis HR

Neckarsulm, Germany
fidelis HR offers a comprehensive range of services in the area Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) as well as own software solutions for human resource departments. The business is a leading provider within the attractive German speaking payroll market.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SD Worx

Antwerp, Belgium
Category Company
Founded 1945
Sector Staffing
Employees2,700
DESCRIPTION

SD Worx delivers a full range of quality services in the areas of Payroll, HR and Tax & Legal in EMEA, the Americas and Canada, with more than 2,700 staff serving more than 60,000 clients, offering salary calculations, training, HR research, social-legal, tax and HR-related consultancy services, specialist software for personnel departments and on-site support. SD Worx was founded in 1945 and is based in Antwerp, Belgium.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-15 Ceridian UK

Reading, United Kingdom

Ceridian is a global human capital management technology company serving more than 50 countries. Company offering includes the award winning, cloud-based Dayforce HCM, Global Solutions, and Small Business Payroll.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2006
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The AURELIUS Group is an independent investment firm focused on buyouts and spin-offs of Western European middle-market to large companies. The Firm looks to invest €5 to €80 million per transaction in companies valued up to €250 million. AURELIUS is a generalist investor but has a preference for opportunities in the chemicals, information technology, consumer products, business services, and industrials sectors. The AURELIUS Group was formed in 2006 and is based in Grünwald, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 30
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 16
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 10
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-01 Scandinavian Cosmetics Group

Malmo, Sweden

Scandinavian Cosmetics Group is a brand management company within high-end cosmetics, representing more than 100 brands in Norway, and Denmark. Scandinavian Cosmetics Group offers brand building, marketing services, category management, and distribution services to a sales network consisting of retailers, fashion houses, concept stores, pharmacies, and e-commerce. Scandinavian Cosmetics Group was founded in 2011 and is based in Malmo, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-07 Bowens

Colchester, United Kingdom

Bowens is a manufacture studio and a provider of location lighting as well as creative light-shaping tools and accessories for professional photographers. Bowens is based in Colchester, United Kingdom.

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