Clariant completes its divestment program by reaching

AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO ART. 53 LR

  • Definitive agreements signed by a consortium of Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners to acquire Clariant’s Pigments business
  • Enterprise Value of CHF 805 million to CHF 855 million, representing a 10.7x to 11.4x stand-alone adjusted EBITDA multiple per April 2021 (LTM) depending on an earn-out payment of CHF 50 million
  • Clariant will be reinvesting for a 20% ownership stake in the combined business
  • Closing anticipated in the first half of 2022

Muttenz, June 14, 2021 – Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced that it has reached definitive agreements for the divestment of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group (“Heubach”) and SK Capital Partners (“SK Capital”) at an Enterprise Value (EV) of CHF 805 million to CHF 855 million on a cash and debt free basis, depending on an earn-out payment of CHF 50 million contingent on…

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