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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

AkzoNobel – Schering-Plough

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: Undisclosed
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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