AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA operates as a private equity firm dedicated to acquiring, developing, and divesting companies undergoing complex transitions or facing operational challenges. Its core activities encompass strategic acquisitions, fostering growth, executing carve-outs, facilitating management buyouts (MBOs) and buy-ins (MBIs), and driving industry consolidation, often targeting lower mid-market companies or platform investments. The firm specifically seeks out businesses in "special situations," such as corporate spin-offs, intricate carve-outs, entities with unresolved succession issues, or privately held companies grappling with significant operational difficulties or financial distress due to high debt. Their objective is to acquire, restructure, and ultimately divest these underperforming businesses that demonstrate turnaround potential. AURELIUS considers investments in both private and publicly listed companies across a wide array of sectors. These include industrial enterprises, chemicals, information technology, business services, lifestyle brands, consumer goods, food and beverage, and the telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) industries. Its geographic focus is exclusively on European-headquartered companies, with a particular emphasis on developed European markets and the Nordic region. The firm typically commits up to €250 million in total, with individual deal investments ranging from €5 million to €80 million. They target companies generating annual revenues between €30 million and €750 million, and whose EBITDA margins can range from negative to over 15 percent. For UK-based businesses, AURELIUS is prepared to invest up to £70 million in entities with revenues spanning £30 million to £1,000 million. AURELIUS primarily seeks to acquire a majority stake, ideally 100% ownership, in its target companies, predominantly through equity investments. Exit strategies for its investments include sales to private, institutional, or industrial buyers, or via an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Established on March 20, 2006, AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA is headquartered in Grünwald, Germany, with additional offices located in Amsterdam, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Stockholm, and Dusseldorf.