Acquisition
March 25 2008 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:6464Q
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
20 March 2008
March 20, 2008
Saint-Gobain's acquisitions in 2007
70 acquisitions
representing a financial investment of Euro965 million
for estimated additional sales of almost Euro1.7 billion
This press release details the acquisitions carried out by the Group in 2007,
particularly those that were not specifically announced at the time. It does not
include details of the Maxit acquisition, which was announced in August 2007 and
finalized in March 2008.
In line with its strategic focus of developing business on construction markets,
Saint-Gobain's growth momentum continued to be boosted by bolt-on acquisitions
in 2007. More than 80% of these acquisitions were in the Building Distribution
and Construction Products sectors.
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Overview of 2007 acquisitions
Acquisitions in 2007 Number of Value of (Debt) or Estimated
acquisitions securities cash assumed full-year
(Euro millions) acquired sales
Building Distribution 53 582 (3) 1,304
Construction Products 10 248 1 332
Innovative Materials 7 89 (2) 61
Packaging 0 (a) 46 2 0 (a)
Total acquisitions 70 965 (2) 1,697
(a) This transaction does not represent an acquisition but the retention of
a 20% stake in Desjonqueres further to the sale of the Group's Flasks business.
* Building Distribution: financial investment of Euro582 million for around
Euro1.3 billion in estimated additional full-year sales
The 53 acquisitions carried out by the Building Distribution Sector in 2007
added 291 new outlets to a network that now boasts more than 4,000. The largest
acquisition was Norandex, a manufacturer and distributor of vinyl sidings in the
US, representing a financial investment of Euro181 million for Euro580 million in
estimated full-year sales.
France - 16 acquisitions representing Euro98 million in estimated full-year sales
The main acquisitions in France concerned specialist distributors SESCO and SRDM
(plumbing and heating), Cordier (roofing) and Malet (production and distribution
of ready-to-use concrete) and the builders' merchant Fabre.
United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland - 8 acquisitions representing Euro121
million in estimated full-year sales
The largest acquisitions in the UK and the Republic of Ireland were builders'
merchant Norman Jersey, builders' merchant Parkhead Building in Scotland;
Trusses to Trust, a roofing and wooden floor specialist; ARDS Timber in Ulster;
and Lonergan Hardware in the Republic of Ireland.
Italy and Spain - 8 acquisitions representing Euro160 million in estimated
full-year sales
The Building Distribution sector acquired Vemac in Italy, a major builders'
merchant in the Abruzzo region, and Discesur (Distribuciones Ceramicas Sur
Madrid), Spain's second largest tiling distributor.
Nordic countries - 11 acquisitions representing Euro89 million in estimated
full-year sales
In Sweden, the three largest acquisitions were builders' merchants Trifab
Byggvaror, Byggkop i Vastra and Andersson Tra while, in Norway, Norgesbygg
Hallingdal, Bringo Bygg and BM Holveriet joined Optimera's Scandinavian network.
Germany - 5 acquisitions representing Euro129 million in estimated full-year sales
Raab Karcher's acquisitions included civil construction works specialist Schulte
Tiefbau, tiling specialist Jean Dern, and roofing specialists Griesinger and
Schafer.
Other countries - 4 acquisitions representing Euro127 million in estimated
full-year sales
The main acquisitions were carried out in the Netherlands (a general distributor
Van Keulen based in Amsterdam, and a plumbing and heating specialist Galvano),
and in the Czech Republic (tiling distributor Keramont).
* Construction Products (CP): financial investment of Euro248 million for Euro332
million in estimated additional full-year sales
Interior Solutions: 5 acquisitions, of which:
2 in Insulation:
- FiberGlass Colombia, glass wool and plasterboard manufacturer in Colombia,
- Owens Corning South Africa, manufacturer of glass wool in South Africa.
3 in Gypsum:
- Scanspac, a Scandinavian plasterboard manufacturer,
- In Vietnam, the division acquired the country's leading manufacturer of
plasterboard,
- EPD, an Algerian manufacturer of gypsum products.
Exterior Solutions: 5 acquisitions
- Norandex in North America (manufacturer of vinyl sidings),
- 4 small-scale mortar manufacturers in emerging countries (Brazil,
Turkey, Serbia and Malaysia).
* Innovative Materials: financial investment of Euro89 million for Euro61
million in estimated additional full-year sales
The Flat Glass Sector carried out three small-scale acquisitions in 2007,
including two in the automotive industry, and one in the building industry
(Estonian outfit AS Mao Klass), allowing Saint-Gobain Glass Solutions to
consolidate its leadership in this market.
The High-Performance Materials Sector acquired four companies, mainly in the
field of high-performance plastics.
* Packaging: financial investment of Euro46 million
The Packaging Sector retained a 20% stake in Desjonqueres in accordance with the
sale agreement signed with the Sagard and Cognetas funds in March 2007.
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