News Archive
Press releases and news
21.12.2017 // Aurelius acquires UK-based Connect Books
- European multi-channel wholesaler, distributor and retailer of books with revenues of approx. EUR 250 million in 2017
- Non-core asset of UK-listed Connect Group as it focuses on its specialist logistics business
- Significant potential for the AURELIUS operating model
- Connect Books to be rebranded back to Bertram Group
20.12.2017 // AURELIUS Refugee Initiative e.V. supports “Plant-a-Talent”
- Non-profit organisation places refugees in vacant jobs
- Work as a key element for integration
- More than 125 candidates already placed successfully
19.12.2017 // AURELIUS portfolio company Cargill Animal Nutrition Switzerland renamed “Granovit”
- Rebranding to be completed by early February 2018
- Customer focus to be even stronger in future
14.12.2017 // AURELIUS School for Syrian refugee children in Turkey
- AURELIUS Refugee Initiative e.V. to fund a school for Syrian refugees in Turkey
- Improved prospects of a return to their home country for refugee children and their families after the conflict in Syria has ended
12.12.2017 // AURELIUS subsidiary SILVAN opens new DIY centre
06.12.2017 // AURELIUS subsidiary Office Depot Europe solidly on the path to sustained profitability and growth
- Comprehensive turnaround program until mid-2019
- Stronger focus on e-commerce and customer satisfaction
- Initial positive results of Realignment
05.12.2017 // AURELIUS Executive Board to propose payment of record dividend of EUR 5.00 per share
- Base dividend rises to EUR 1.50 per share (+ 50 %)
- Participation dividend from successful exits of EUR 3.50 per share
- Change in dividend policy – basic dividend raised permanently, dividends from this year’s exits to be spread over several years
- Current dividend return of over 9%
01.12.2017 // AURELIUS wins “Private Equity Turnaround of the Year” award for successful exit from Getronics
- Recognition by prestigious Institute for Turnaround (IFT) for the Group’s most successful exit to date
- Jury impressed by the strategic realignment and substantial growth of Getronics under the AURELIUS umbrella
30.11.2017 // AURELIUS expands Executive Board
- CFO Steffen Schiefer to become Executive Board Member
- Fritz Seemann to join the Executive Board with focus on realignment of portfolio companies
- Basis created for further growth
29.11.2017 // Aurelius acquires Spanish core board and solid board packaging specialist Abelan
- Deal represents Aurelius’ third acquisition in the European packaging sector since 2015
- Three manufacturing facilities in Spain and France
- Projected revenues of c.€70m in 2017
- Closing expected for end December 2017
22.11.2017 // AURELIUS sells Studienkreis Group
- Selling price EUR 71.7 million
- Significant increase in revenues and profitability after successful reorganisation by AURELIUS following acquisition in 2013
20.11.2017 // AURELIUS subsidiary Office Depot Europe is investing 20 million euros in E-commerce expansion
17.11.2017 // AURELIUS subsidiary GHOTEL continues to expand
- Three new hotel openings signed in Bochum and Düsseldorf
- GHOTEL group positioned as an approved franchisee
- Additional hotel projects in planning
06.11.2017 // AURELIUS acquires Cargill’s Switzerland-based animal feed business
- Extensive product and service know-how in animal feed with state-of-the-art production sites in Switzerland
- AURELIUS’ positioning as expert in complex carve-out situations again re-confirmed
27.10.2017 // AURELIUS Equity Opportunities: First nine months of 2017 characterized by successful transactions – EBITDA of the combined Group nearly quintupled
- Total consolidated revenues at EUR 3,133.7 million (+46% year-over-year)
- EBITDA of the combined Group at EUR 575.1 million (+371% year-over-year)
- Record exits of Secop and Getronics contributed substantially to the result
- NAV of portfoliorises to EUR 1,521.5 million despite dividends and share retirements
- Cash portfolio at a record level
- Outlook remains positive – financial year 2017 will be a new record year
06.09.2017 // AURELIUS sells Regain Polymers to Imerys
01.09.2017 // AURELIUS successfully completes acquisition of Danish do-it-yourself retail chain Silvan
- Already the fifth acquisition in the current financial year
- AURELIUS’s presence in Scandinavia pays off
- Transaction pipeline remains well filled
10.08.2017 // AURELIUS Equity Opportunities reports successful results for the first half of 2017
- Total consolidated revenues of EUR 2,282.9 million (+66% over H1 2016)
- Already four new acquisitions in the first half of 2017
- EBITDA for the combined group at EUR 303.0 million (+ 204% over H1 2016), positive earnings effects from record sales (SECOP, Getronics) to follow in the third quarter
- Operating EBITDA of Group companies at EUR 75.7 million (+59% over H1 2016)
- Net asset value rises to EUR 1,475.6 million, despite dividend payment and share retirement
- Record earnings expected for 2017; outlook is still very positive
01.08.2017 // AURELIUS Refugee Initiative e.V. supports "Haus des Lernens"
- Financing after-hours school tuition for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
- Future prospects for refugee children and their families as incentives for staying close to their Syrian home