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Completed Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Deals

The Natrium Team includes some of the most experienced global leaders in our serviced sectors, and the UK Team alone has, between them, facilitated over US$100bn of M&A transactions.



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Nanocyl – Birla
Nanocyl – Birla
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Natrium Capital Limited is delighted to announce it has advised Nanocyl SA (“Nanocyl”) on the sale of the business to Birla Carbon USA, Inc (“Birla Carbon”). Natrium Capital acted as sole financial advisor to Nanocyl.

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Connell – Caldic
Connell – Caldic
Deal Size: Combined sales c EUR 3bn
Natrium Capital Limited is delighted to announce that it co-advised Wilbur-Ellis on the merger of Connell and Caldic.

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Solvay – OpenGate
Solvay – OpenGate
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised Solvay on the sale of its North American and European amphoteric surfactant business to OpenGate Capital.

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GIL Investments – Eti Bakir
GIL Investments – Eti Bakir
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised GIL Investments Limited on the sale of its investee company Iconichem Group Limited to the ultimate shareholders of Eti Bakir A.S.

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Domo – Solvay
Domo – Solvay
Deal Size: €300m
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised DOMO Chemicals, who has recently signed an agreement to acquire Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe.

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H.I.G. – Covestro
H.I.G. – Covestro
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised H.I.G. Capital (‘H.I.G.’) on its recent acquisition of Covestro’s Polyurethane Systems business.

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Elementis – KOLB
Elementis – KOLB
Deal Size: €39m
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised Elementis plc on the sale of its Surfactants business located in Delden, The Netherlands to Kolb Distribution AG (“Kolb”) for a cash consideration of EUR 39 million, subject to working capital adjustments.

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Elementis – One Rock
Elementis – One Rock
Deal Size: $360m
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised Elementis on its recently announced acquisition of One Rock’s SummitReheis personal care business, for an enterprise value of about US$360 million.

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Blackstone – Solvay
Blackstone – Solvay
Deal Size: €1bn
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised Blackstone on its recently announced acquisition of Solvay’s cellulose acetate tow business, for an enterprise value of about €1bn.

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PPG – Nippon Electric Glass
PPG – Nippon Electric Glass
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised PPG Industries Inc. (“PPG”) on the sale of its European fiber glass operations to Japanese-based glass manufacturer Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd. (“NEG”).

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DGR – Musim Mas
DGR – Musim Mas
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Natrium Capital Limited is pleased to announce it has advised Dutch Glycerin Refinery B.V. (“DGR”) on its sale to Musim Mas.

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BioMCN – OCI N.V.
BioMCN – OCI N.V.
Deal Size: €15m
BioMCN, the Dutch methanol producer, has been acquired by OCI N.V. in a deal advised by Natrium Capital Limited.

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PPG – Georgia Gulf
PPG – Georgia Gulf
Deal Size: $2.1bn
Natrium Capital advised PPG Industries inc. on the merger of its Chlor-alkali division with Georgia Gulf and the subsequent formation of Axiall corporation.

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Binani Industries – 3B
Binani Industries – 3B
Deal Size: €275m
Binani Industries Ltd, the public-listed holding company of Braj Binani Group, has acquired Belgium’s fibreglass products and technologies company 3B from US-based private equity firm Platinum Equity for €275 million

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Azelis – S&D
Azelis – S&D
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Azelis, the leading pan-European specialty chemicals distributor, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire S&D Group Limited, a leading specialist supplier of raw materials and ingredients to the pharmaceutical, food, personal care and performance chemicals industries.

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RFCL – Avantor
RFCL – Avantor
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Phillipsburg, NJ, March 1, 2011 – AvantorTM Performance Materials Holdings S.A. has completed its acquisition of RFCL Limited from ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited.

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Chemtura
Chemtura
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Chemtura Corporation (Pink Sheets: CEMJQ) (the “Company” or “Chemtura”), today announced that it has successfully completed its financial restructuring and emerged from protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

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Mallinckrodt Baker (USA) – NMC
Mallinckrodt Baker (USA) – NMC
Deal Size: $280m
Phillipsburg, New Jersey – August 30, 2010 – An affiliate of New Mountain Capital, LLC(“New Mountain”) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Mallinckrodt Baker,Inc. (“MBI” or the “Company”) from Covidien (NYSE: COV) for approximately $280 million.

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Bain – Dow
Bain – Dow
Deal Size: $1,630m
Bain Capital Acquisition of Dow Styron for $1,630m

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AkzoNobel – Corn Products
AkzoNobel – Corn Products
Deal Size: €1.3bn
AkzoNobel has today finalised the $1.3bn sale of its National Starch business to Corn Products International. The transaction was announced on June 21, 2010.

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BASF – Cognis
BASF – Cognis
Deal Size: €3.1bn
BASF successfully completed its acquisition of Cognis Holding GmbH from Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.à r.l. controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences

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Eastman – Genovique
Eastman – Genovique
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Eastman Chemical said on Wednesday it will acquire Genovique Specialties in a deal that will increase its footprint in the growing market for specialty plasticisers

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Dow – AkzoNobel
Dow – AkzoNobel
Deal Size: Undisclosed
AkzoNobel has today completed its acquisition of the Dow Chemical Company’s powder coatings activities. The deal was first announced in November last year.

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Chemtura – Artek – Arterian
Chemtura – Artek – Arterian
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Chemtura sale of PVC additives business to Artek Surfin Chemicals and Aterian Investment Partners

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LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell
Deal Size: $2.8bn
LyondellBasell filed a restructuring plan on Monday, rejecting a takeover bid from India’s Reliance Industries that valued the bankrupt petrochemicals firm at $14.5 billion.

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INEOS Group
INEOS Group
Deal Size: Undisclosed
INEOS Group Limited announces that it has successfully reached agreement with its senior lenders on a package of amendments to the Group’s financing arrangements, including a reset of the Company’s financial covenants.

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Fiberweb - PETROPAR
Fiberweb - PETROPAR
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Fiberweb Plc said it agreed to form a joint venture with Petropar, the parent company of Brazilian spunbond producer Fitesa and Fitesa, to make spunbond nonwoven fabrics

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Vita Group
Vita Group
Deal Size: €95m
Lenders to UK chemicals group British Vita have agreed a debt for equity deal that will see its current owner TPG and lenders inject extra cash into the company, a person close to the company said.

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Dow Chemical – Rohm & Haas
Dow Chemical – Rohm & Haas
Deal Size: $18.8bn
The Dow Chemical Company today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Rohm and Haas (NYSE: ROH). The acquisition is a major step in Dow’s strategy of growing its performance products and specialty portfolio to deliver more consistent earnings growth.

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Tata – General Chemical
Tata – General Chemical
Deal Size: $1bn
Tata Chemicals Limited, part of the TATA group, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the Soda Ash business of General Chemical Industrial Products Inc., a US based chemical company, for US$ 1,005 million.

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Haldor Topsøe – Saipem
Haldor Topsøe – Saipem
Deal Size: €340m
Saipem sold its 50% interest in Haldor Topsøe for a consideration of €340 million

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AkzoNobel – ICI
AkzoNobel – ICI
Deal Size: £8bn
Dutch chemicals group Akzo Nobel on Monday said it’s agreed to buy U.K. rival Imperial Chemical Industries for 8 billion pounds ($16.2 billion) in cash after having its two previous offers knocked back.

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PPG – SigmaKalon
PPG – SigmaKalon
Deal Size: €2.2bn
PPG Industries announced that it had completed the acquisition of SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer based in Uithoorn, Netherlands, from global private investment firm Bain Capital.

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Rohm & Haas – Mader
Rohm & Haas – Mader
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Rohm and Haas Co., a supplier to the specialty materials industry, announced that it will its European Automotive Coatings business, including its manufacturing site in Strullendorf, Germany, to the Mäder Group, a manufacturer of industrial paints and coatings based in Lille, France.

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AkzoNobel – Schering-Plough
AkzoNobel – Schering-Plough
Deal Size: €11bn
Schering-Plough Corp SGP.N has agreed to buy Akzo Nobel NV's AKZO.AS drugs unit Organon BioSciences for 11 billion euros ($14.4 billion).

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Novasep – Gilde
Novasep – Gilde
Deal Size: €425m
US specialty chemicals maker Rockwood said on Thursday it has agreed to sell its France-based Groupe Novasep subsidiary for €425m ($560m).

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GrowHow – Terra
GrowHow – Terra
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Terra Industries Inc. and Kemira GrowHow are pleased to confirm the formation of a joint venture company, GrowHow UK Limited, combining their fertilizer and associated process chemicals businesses in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

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Rohm & Haas – Nippon Paint
Rohm & Haas – Nippon Paint
Deal Size: €239m
Rohm and Haas Company has reached an agreement to sell its global Automotive Coatings business to Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. (NPC). Terms of the sale include approximately $230 million in cash subject to adjustments at closing.

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Tata – Brunner Mond
Tata – Brunner Mond
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Tata Chemicals Ltd, India's leading manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, has signed two separate agreements with UK-based company, Brunnner Mond Group Ltd, for acquiring a majority stake in it.

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Degussa – Cargill
Degussa – Cargill
Deal Size: €540m
Degussa has agreed to sell its food ingredients business to US food and agriculture group Cargill for Euro540m ($670m), the German specialty chemicals company said on Friday.

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Basell – Access
Basell – Access
Deal Size: €4.4bn
BASF and Shell Chemicals are to sell their 50-50 joint venture Basell, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of polyolefins, to a consortium led by New York-based Access Industries together with The Chatterjee Group.

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DynamitNobel – Rockwood
DynamitNobel – Rockwood
Deal Size: €2.25 billion
Rockwood Specialties Group Inc. will acquire four businesses of Dy-namit Nobel AG for €2.25 billion ($2.67 billion), creating a new specialty chemicals group with combined sales of $2.5 billion.

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BASF – Honeywell
BASF – Honeywell
Deal Size: $90m
BASF has acquired the worldwide Engineering Plastics Business from Honeywell

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BASF – Abbott Laboratories
BASF – Abbott Laboratories
Deal Size: $6.9bn
BASF has sold its pharmaceutical division to Abbot Laboratories.

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BASF – AHP
BASF – AHP
Deal Size: $3.8bn
German chemical giant BASF AG (Aktiengesellschaft) has purchased the Cyanamid herbicide division of drug company American Home Products Corp. (AHP), based in Madison, N.J.

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Castrol – BP
Castrol – BP
Deal Size: $4.7bn
Oil giant BP Amoco agrees to acquire British oil and lubricants maker Burmah Castrol in a 3 billion-pound ($4.7 billion) cash deal.

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Rohm & Haas – BASF
Rohm & Haas – BASF
Deal Size: $175m
Rohm & Haas has sold its Industrial Coatings business to BASF. Rohm and Haas acquired Morton Industrial Coatings in June 1999 as part of the larger $4.9 billion acquisition of Morton International

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Rohm & Haas – Morton Intl
Rohm & Haas – Morton Intl
Deal Size: $4.9bn
Rohm and Haas, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Morton International Inc. (Chicago), in a cash and stock deal valued at $4.9 billion, including the assumption of $268 million of net debt

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Total – Mydrin
Total – Mydrin
Deal Size: £86m
Total has aquired Mydrin from BTP for £86m

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Clariant – Sandoz
Clariant – Sandoz
Deal Size: Undisclosed
Global Offering of 4,000,000 Registered Shares of Clariant Ltd. Demerger of the Chemicals Division from Sandoz Ltd

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“… over $100bn of transactions over the last twenty years”