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03.04.2009 // AURELIUS sells Richard Scherpe Group to financial investor
- 50 percent stake in DMS Digitaler Medienservice sold
- Sale to medium-sized printer Mensing Drucke
01.04.2009 // AURELIUS acquires British home shopping specialist sit up Ltd. from Virgin Media
- Purchase of all shares from Virgin Media
- Second acquisition of a home shopping television network
20.02.2009 // AURELIUS successfully concludes growth year 2008
- Sales rises to about 580 million euro
- EBITDA above 70 million euro
- Cash and equity almost doubled
13.01.2009 // AURELIUS acquires Thales Information Systems
- Leading IT service provider in Germany with strong customer base
- Acquisition of all company shares from Thales Group
- Revenue of around EUR 50 million with positive pretax earnings
19.12.2008 // AURELIUS buys British Book Club Associates from Bertelsmann
- Acquisition of Britain’s biggest mail-order bookseller
- All shares acquired from DirectGroup Bertelsmann
- Group revenue in the mid double-digit million euro range
18.12.2008 // Aurelius buys Blaupunkt product areas from Bosch
- Product areas produce modern ‘car infotainment’
- Group revenue rises by EUR 200 million
09.12.2008 // AURELIUS subsidiary Schabmüller purchases AC motor operations from Sauer Danfoss
- Takeover as of 1 January 2009
- Revenue growth of around EUR 25 million
- New jobs created at Berching and Asch sites
27.11.2008 // AURELIUS confirms profitable growth track in the first nine months of 2008
- Consolidated revenue up to EUR 461.0 million
- EBITDA at EUR 42.5 million
- Operating Cash flow increases to EUR 17.4 million
31.10.2008 // AURELIUS successful in third quarter
- Preliminary figures confirm successful third quarter
- Particularly operative performance well above previous year’s level
- Positive one-time effect due to acquisition of Berentzen
13.10.2008 // AURELIUS sells part of its share in French bank
- Sale of 15 percent to French Laser-Cofinoga Group
- Purchase price is about 12 million euros
- Sale will result in significant extraordinary gains in the fourth quarter
28.08.2008 // AURELIUS half-year figures considerably better than expected
- Group sales over six times as high at 298.9 million euros
- Group earnings rise 58 percent to 7.7 million euros
- Free cash flow clearly positive once again at 6.3 million euros
06.08.2008 // AURELIUS successfully places capital increase
- Platzierung von 306.750 neuen Aktien bei institutionellen Investoren
- Ausgabebetrag von 16,30 Euro pro Aktie
- Mittelzufluss in Höhe von fünf Millionen Euro
29.07.2008 // AURELIUS sells KWE Group to Austrian Kresta Group
- Sale of KWE Stahl- und Industriebau GmbH & Co KG to strategic investor
- High potential for synergies for KWE as well as for buyer Kresta
- Business model of AURELIUS Group successfully demonstrated
28.07.2008 // AURELIUS acquires home-shopping station RTL SHOP
- Acquisition of all shares from Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
- Takeover strengthens the portfolio in the Retail & Consumer Products segment
22.07.2008 // AURELIUS acquires premium beverage producer Berentzen
- Acquisition of 75.1 % of the ordinary shares of Berentzen-Gruppe AG
- Traditional brands such as Puschkin, Doornkaat and Bommerlunder with new dynamics
- Official takeover bid fort he acquisition of all shares
- With the largest transaction in company history AURELIUS breaks the billion euro barrier in sales revenues
18.02.2008 // AURELIUS: Preliminary results
- Consolidated sales increase to EUR 316 m
- EBITDA of approx. EUR 71 m significantly above guidance
- Further increase in sales and results expected for 2008