• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

by Dirk Markus

• 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

• 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

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