Press Releases & News
Press releases and news
01.07.2014 // AURELIUS publishes net asset value of Group companies for the first time
- Aggregate NAV currently totals EUR 1,067.6 million
- 26 percent higher than present market capitalization
21.05.2014 // AURELIUS AG: Press release for the 2014 annual general meeting
- Dividend of EUR 1.05 EUR per share approved
- Record total consolidated EBITDA of over EUR 200 million announced for 2014
- AURELIUS discloses average cash multiple of 8.1x since 2006
12.05.2014 // AURELIUS posts record results in the first quarter of 2014
- Highest EBITDA in the company’s history: EUR 66.2 million (+327%)
- Successful exits deliver positive earnings contribution of EUR 32.0 million
- Despite the exits, operating earnings were up 15%
- Further improvement of balance sheet ratios and cash position
- Continued high level of transaction activity
08.05.2014 // AURELIUS to open a new office in Stockholm, Sweden
- Stepping up Scandinavian activities as part of international expansion
17.04.2014 // AURELIUS acquires AKAD University – a pioneer of private distance learning universities
- Reputable university with a strong brand and growth potential
- Second purchase from the Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe
- Purchase at terms and conditions typical for AURELIUS
08.04.2014 // AURELIUS buys Individual Desktop Services from T-Systems
- Acquisition of IDS GmbH with revenues of EUR 80 million
- IDS to become part of the AURELIUS IT activity with Getronics
- Greater strategic cooperation between Getronics and T-Systems
- Reinforcement of AURELIUS’s ICT activities
02.04.2014 // AURELIUS to buy international advertising marketing agency Publicitas
- Strong international brand with commercial activities in 20 countries worldwide
- Seller PubliGroupe to concentrate its business units
- Transformation into a cross-media advertising service provider
25.03.2014 // AURELIUS publishes annual report – good provisional consolidated figures for 2013 confirmed
- Total consolidated revenues rise to EUR 1,525.2 million (up 11%) thanks mainly to acquisitions
- Operating EBITDA totals EUR 106.2 million
- Dividend of EUR 1.05 per share (basic dividend up to EUR 0.70 plus special dividend of EUR 0.35)
- Positive outlook: effects on results and cash from company disposals in double-digit million euro range in Q1 2014
05.03.2014 // AURELIUS: convincing preliminary figures for 2013
- Total consolidated revenues up 11 percent to EUR 1,525.2 million
- Operating EBITDA of EUR 106.2 million
- Dividend of EUR 1.05 per share (basic dividend of EUR 0.70 plus a special dividend of EUR 0.35)
- Numerous transactions carried out in 2013 and pipeline still well filled
- Completion of transactions to have a strong impact on results and yield cash inflows in Q1 2014
03.02.2014 // AURELIUS successfully closes sale of brightONE's Healthcare operations to T-Systems
- Successful closing of the transaction on January 31, 2014
- Additional transactions planned in coming months
28.01.2014 // 2013 is a record year for AURELIUS subsidiary connectis
08.01.2014 // AURELIUS sells Reederei Peter Deilmann and the DEUTSCHLAND to Callista Private Equity
- New owner to continue growth strategy
- Existing management takes stake in cruise ship
- DEUTSCHLAND set to remain the ‘grand hotel on the high seas’ under the German flag
27.12.2013 // AURELIUS Tochter brightONE kauft Telenet GmbH Kommunikationssysteme
- Hohes Potenzial zur Erschließung neuer Kundensegmente durch führende Social-CRM Lösung
- Innovative Sprachdialoganwendungen erweitern Produktportfolio von brightONE
20.12.2013 // Aurelius sells healthcare activity of brightONE to T-Systems
- Strategic market entry for T-Systems
- brightONE Healthcare (HC) number four in the market
18.12.2013 // Merger of Blaupunkt Europe and brightONE business unit SPS
- Bundling of product and development competences under the name “Blaupunkt Technology Group”
- Competitive advantages and sustained growth through an integrated portfolio of products and services
- Smart connected products aimed at increasing customer value
17.12.2013 // AURELIUS sells DFA Transport und Logistik
12.12.2013 // AURELIUS acquires IT consulting activities of Telvent Global Services in Spain and South America
12.12.2013 // Secop passes an important milestone in the takeover of ACC Austria
- Europäische Kommission gibt grünes Licht
- Aufstieg zum größten unabhängigen Anbieter in Europa
- Innovationsführerschaft und starkes Produktangebot bieten Wachstumschancen
- Neue Secop Austria GmbH soll Betrieb zum 7. Januar 2014 aufnehmen
14.11.2013 // AURELIUS with revenue growth and positive developments in its portfolio of subsidiaries in the first nine months of 2013
- Consolidated revenues up 24 percent
- Operational EBITDA up 4 percent to EUR 63.8 million despite disposals of profitable subsidiaries last year
- Cash and cash equivalents at record high of EUR 268.1 million
- Brisk transaction activities expected in the coming months
11.11.2013 // AURELIUS Tochter fidelis HR gewinnt Großauftrag
- Currenta übergibt Gehaltsanrechnung an fidelis HR
- Auftragshöhe liegt im oberen einstelligen Millionenbereich