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31.07.2020 // Office Depot Europe to sell its Spanish direct business unit to strategic buyer Bruneau Spain
- Strategic buyer Bruneau Spain to integrate business and its approx. 24.000 customers into its existing platform
- Sale will focus Office Depot Europe on its core European markets and ecommerce-centric activities
24.07.2020 // Office Depot Europe to sell its Spanish contract business to strategic buyer Lyreco
- Business unit ranks among the top 3 players in the Spanish market
- Strategic buyer Lyreco to continue developing the business
- Sale as part of ongoing transformation of Office Depot Europe
07.07.2020 // AURELIUS sells MEZ handicraft products business in continental Europe to a Swiss entrepreneur
- MEZ Group on a course of growth after the reorientation by AURELIUS
- The continental European business is now being sold after the sale of the company’s activities in the UK and North America a few months ago
- Existing management team of MEZ to remain on board
18.06.2020 // AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co KGaA: Press release on the virtual annual general meeting 2020
- Annual general meeting held virtually for the first time
- All proposed resolutions of the management approved by large majorities
- Executive Board sees attractive opportunities for the strategic expansion of the Group’s portfolio
27.05.2020 // AURELIUS is supporting an innovative project by Group subsidiary LD DIDACTIC to address the Corona crisis
- AURELIUS contributes 50,000 EUR to “Science Lab Hygiene”
- Mobile experiment laboratory shows schoolchildren the importance of hygiene measures during the Corona pandemic
- LD DIDACTIC seeking further sponsors for schools
12.05.2020 // AURELIUS publishes business numbers for the first quarter of 2020: Positive start to the year, but clearly evident negative impact of the coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis on the operating result
- Total consolidated revenues: EUR 829.7 million
- EBITDA of the combined Group rises to EUR 122.7 million thanks to positive earnings contributions from new acquisitions and sales of portfolio companies
- Operating performance influenced by coronavirus/COVID-19
- Net asset value: EUR 984.3 million
- Outlook currently uncertain due to the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis
05.05.2020 // AURELIUS closes the acquisition of the Renewable Power Systems and Protection Relays Business from US-based Woodward, Inc.
30.04.2020 // AURELIUS subsidiary MEZ sells hand-knitting yarn segment of the Rowan and Patons brands
- Returned to profitable growth after the reorientation by AURELIUS
- International growth investor intends to expand market position
- Sale is part of MEZ’s overall strategy of adapting to changing consumer habits by focusing on individual segments
08.04.2020 // SHAREHOLDER LETTER: Our business in the times of COVID-19 - this glass is ¾ full
by Dirk Markus
31.03.2020 // AURELIUS publishes 2019 Annual Report: preliminary numbers confirmed, outlook negatively impacted by corona/COVID-19 crisis
- EBITDA of the combined Group reaches EUR 271.4 million, second-highest result in the Group’s history
- Several successful exits and attractive new acquisitions in 2019
- Net asset value is EUR 1,111.3 million
- Liquidity cushion of EUR 435.7 million, share buyback has begun
- Course of business in the current year now substantially impacted by the corona/COVID-19 crisis, after a good start to 2020
24.03.2020 // Transform Hospital Group joins UK-wide alliance with National Healthservice (NHS) to mitigate impact of Covid-19
17.03.2020 // AURELIUS closes acquisition of electronic components businesses Distrelec and Nedis from Swiss Dätwyler Group
12.03.2020 // AURELIUS Equity Opportunities reports very good preliminary numbers for the 2019 financial year
- EBITDA of the combined Group reaches EUR 271.4 million, second-highest result in the Group’s history
- Several successful exits and attractive new acquisitions in 2019
- High cash and cash equivalents of EUR 435.7 million, new share buyback program launched
- Good start to 2020 with successful sale of the GHOTEL Group
- Outlook uncertain due to the current coronavirus crisis
02.03.2020 // AURELIUS Equity Opportunities successfully closes acquisition of ZIM Flugsitz GmbH
Mid-market manufacturer of economy and premium economy aircraft seats with a good market position in a growing market environment
Long-term order backlog and very good demand