News Archive

News Archive

Press releases and news

08.04.2013  // AURELIUS plans to issue free shares at a ratio of 1:2

  • Liquidity and attractiveness of the share to be further increased
  • Number of shares in issue to be tripled

03.04.2013  // AURELIUS takes over TDS HR Services & Solutions from TDS

  • TDS HR Services & Solutions is a leading provider of outsourced human-relations (HR) services
  • Turnover of approximately EUR 60 million and around 20 locations in the German-speaking countries

28.03.2013  // AURELIUS publishes annual report for record year 2012

  • Consolidated revenues rise to €1,378.1 million (+9%)
  • Fiscal year 2012 distinguished by successful transactions
  • Operating EBITDA at record level of €114.0 million (+28%)
  • Dividend up 105 percent to €4.10/share
  • Positive outlook for the Group

07.03.2013  // AURELIUS Management Board proposes a dividend of €4.10 per share for financial year 2012

  • 105 percent increase in the distribution of dividends to a total of €39.4 million after the most successful financial year in the company's history

28.02.2013  // AURELIUS announces preliminary consolidated figures for record year 2012

  • Revenues rise to €1,378.1 million
  • EBITDA of the combined group up 153 percent to €163.7 million
  • Cash and cash equivalents at a historic high of €244.7 million (+58%)

04.02.2013  // AURELIUS to expand its IT Services segment substantially

  • It will acquire the German and Dutch activities of the Finnish Tieto Corporation
  • Seller to focus on its core markets
  • AURELIUS to acquire the divisions Systems Integration & Consulting, Healthcare and Product Engineering Solutions, with approximately 900 employees in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and India

10.12.2012  // AURELIUS invests in education

  • Deal covers 1,000 tutoring centers in the German-speaking area
  • Education is an important growth area for the AURELIUS Group

30.11.2012  // AURELIUS Tochter ISOCHEM kauft britische Wychem

  • Kauf von Wychem Ltd. verlängert Wertschöpfungskette
  • ISOCHEM übernimmt Spezialisten für Produktentwicklung in der Spezialchemie
  • Schnelleres Wachstum durch Ausweitung des Produkt- und Serviceangebots
  • AURELIUS forciert Investitionen in Wachstumsmarkt Spezialchemie

27.11.2012  // Acquisition of Steria Iberica completed

15.11.2012  // AURELIUS publishes final figures for the third quarter

  • Consolidated revenues rise 7.2 percent to €1,017.4 million
  • EBITDA at record level of €165.1 million (+245.4 percent)
  • Nine month period characterized by successful transactions 

14.11.2012  // CalaChem investiert in Werksausweitung und erhält 1,5 Mio. britische Pfund von schottischer Wirtschaftsförderung

  • Mehrjähriger Investitionsplan in zweistelliger Millionen-Pfund-Höhe
  • Schaffung von 50 neuen Arbeitsplätzen am Standort Grangemouth geplant

24.10.2012  // AURELIUS generates a record profit in the third quarter

  • Preliminary figures: Revenues for the first nine months up 7.1% to €1.02 billion
  • EBITDA for the first nine months up 237% to €164.7 million
  • Successful purchases (Thales CIS, Getronics, Briar Chemicals) and successful sales (Consinto, Schabmüller)
  • Tradeability of AURELIUS share unchanged. Closure of the Deutsche Börse First Quotation Board without impact on our share

23.10.2012  // AURELIUS acquires Spanish IT consulting company Steria Iberica

  • Second foothold for AURELIUS in the Spanish market
  • Seller Steria concentrates on its core markets
  • Crises offer good opportunities for buying

13.09.2012  // AURELIUS Tochter GHOTEL hotel & living wächst mit überzeugendem Konzept

  • GHOTEL ab 15. November 2012 auch in Würzburg

11.09.2012  // Übergabe von Schabmüller an ZAPI-Gruppe abgeschlossen

  • AURELIUS sagt Danke für gelungenes Teamwork bei erfolgreicher Neuausrichtung von Schabmüller
  • Mitarbeiter und Management Garant für den Erfolg
  • Traumschiffreise für alle Mitarbeiter von Schabmüller als Dankeschön

03.09.2012  // AURELIUS becomes major player on the specialty chemical market

  • Bayer CropScience Norwich production location becomes Briar Chemicals
  • Acquisition completed with effect from September 1, 2012.
  • Briar Chemicals becomes the third independent specialty chemical subsidiary within the AURELIUS Group
  • Further close cooperation planned with Bayer CropScience

03.09.2012  // LD Didactic: Worlddidac Award 2012

  • Worlddidac Award 2012 for Sensor-CASSY 2 and CASSY Lab 2
  • Award for high degree of innovation and pedagogical value

22.08.2012  // Blaupunkt at IFA 2012: "The blue dot is rising"

  • 600 sq.m of Infotainment with the blue dot at the 2012 IFA
  • More innovations, more interactivity, more fun in Berlin
  • Rendezvous of experts, thanks to an exclusive communications platform for trade visitors

14.08.2012  // AURELIUS records higher consolidated revenues and profit in first half of 2012

  • Half-year revenues up 27% to €577.4 million
  • EBITDA up 39% to €43.0 million
  • Pleasing performance in all three business activities
  • Further growth expected across 2012 as a whole

30.07.2012  // AURELIUS sells Schabmüller to Italian ZAPI Group

  • Successful development of the company since acquisition by AURELIUS in 2007
  • Ideal extension of ZAPIs product portfolio