UPDATE: CVC Asia, Standard Chartered Private Equity Buy Avdel, GEC
August 05 2010 - 12:50AM
Dow Jones News
CVC Asia Pacific Ltd. and Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd.
said Thursday they completed the acquisition of Acument Global
Technologies' Avdel and Global Electronics & Commercial
business units.
They didn't disclose the price. The acquisition was done through
an indirectly owned company that will be renamed infastech Ltd.
Avdel and GEC will be grouped under the new brand infastech.
Headquartered in Singapore, infastech produces engineered
mechanical fasteners, such as rivets, screws, bolts and nuts, that
are used in the construction, automotive, electronics, industrial
and commercial industries. It has more than 1,800 employees and
operates facilities in 16 countries including Australia, China,
Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
and Thailand.
The deal was part of a divestiture by Acument, headquartered in
Troy, Michigan, in the U.S.
Platinum Equity LLC, a global mergers and acquisitions, business
development and operations firm, acquired Acument from Textron Inc.
in 2006. Starting in 2008, steep declines in global automotive
production cut into Acument's revenue. Platinum and Acument worked
to restructure and cut costs over the next two years.
"Thanks to a lot of determination and a willingness to make some
difficult but necessary decisions, we worked through the worst of
the crisis and came out the other side stronger, more nimble and
positioned to succeed," Bryan Kelln, principal and head of
portfolio operations at Platinum, said in a statement.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Clifford Chance acted as
financial and legal advisers to CVC and Standard Chartered,
respectively.
Acquisition financing was provided by a syndicate of banks:
JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd., Bank of America N.A.,
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, DBS Bank Ltd., GE
Commercial Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank (Hong
Kong) Ltd., and United Overseas Bank Ltd.
-By Ellen Sheng; Dow Jones Newswires; 852-2832-2336;
ellen.sheng@dowjones.com