Italmatch

Fineurop Soditic acted as exclusive financial adviser to Investindustrial in the sale of a 100% stake of Italmatch Chemicals to Mandarin Capital Partners, the Chinese-Italian private equity fund, the Company’s Management and the Malacalza family which recently invested also in Camfin and GPI.

The LMBO transaction has been valued at around Euro 100 million. Italmatch is a world leading player in the phosphorus derivatives and speciality chemicals.

The Company has a workforce of 320 people and it is expected to generate 2010 sales of Euro 90 million.

In the next few years Italmatch, thanks to the support of its new shareholders, has the aim to strongly develop its activity in the Asian market as well as in the US.