• Calibre Chemicals Pvt Ltd., India acquires 100% of the shares of RheinPerChemie GmbH
• With the acquisition of RheinPerChemie, Calibre becomes a global full-service supplier of persulfates
• Ebner Stolz provided comprehensive multidisciplinary advice to the buy-side

Stuttgart, September 22, 2022 - The auditing and consulting firm Ebner Stolz has advised Calibre Chemicals Pvt Ltd., India (Calibre) with a multidisciplinary team on the acquisition of all shares in RheinPerChemie GmbH (RPC).

Calibre, an Everstone Capital controlled portfolio joint venture with the founder, Ranjit Bhavnani’s family, is a specialty chemicals company that manufactures products for customers in the nutrition, pharmaceutical, personal and consumer care, industrial and aerospace markets. Calibre is one of India's largest manufacturers of persulfates, perchlorate and iodine derivatives. The company is a preferred partner for customers in over 100 countries.

Singapore-based Everstone Capital, the private equity arm of Everstone Group, is one of Asia's leading investment firms focused on investing in businesses that have a nexus to India and Southeast Asia. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Singapore, the firm manages approximately USD 7 bn in assets.

Since February 2020, RPC has been part of Evonik Industries AG, one of the global market leaders in specialty chemicals. RPC was founded in 2002 following the sale of the Rheinfelden production site by Degussa AG to Unionchimica S.p.A. RPC's products, mainly ammonium persulfate and sodium persulfate, are used in environmental protection, oil and gas production, pulp and paper, chemical synthesis and other industrial and consumer applications.

With the acquisition of RPC, Calibre becomes a global full-service persulfates supplier while expanding its position in the European market. The acquisition of RPC will enable Calibre to offer customers best-in-class products and services especially in the key markets of Europe. Calibre plans to further strengthen manufacturing at RPC and add new persulphates capacity in other geographies.

Ebner Stolz handled the relevant financial, tax and legal aspects of this transaction and the preceding due diligence with a multidisciplinary approach from a single source. In addition to the financial, tax and legal due diligence, Ebner Stolz also supported the entire process up to the signing of the purchase agreement.

Team Ebner Stolz: Dr. Christoph Eppinger (Project-leading Partner, Transaction Advisory Services), Florian Seizer (Project Manager), Vanessa Wagner (all Financial Due Diligence), Alexander Euchner (Project-leading Partner, Tax), Tobias Schupp (Project Manager), Anna Blank (all Tax Due Diligence), Dr. Christoph Winkler (Project-leading Partner, M&A Legal), Felix Müller-Stieß (Project Manager), Andreas Panz, Antje Kurz, Markus Maier (all M&A Legal, Legal Due Diligence, Corporate), Christine Diener, Yvonne Hundsdörffer (both Legal Due Diligence, Commercial), Andreas Häußermann, Hanna Michel (both Legal Due Diligence, Real Estate), Marius Heidelberger (Legal Due Diligence, IP and IT), Oliver Leicht, Jessica Kiefer (both Legal Due Diligence, Employment), Nadine Bläser, Eduard Engelmann (both Antitrust).

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About Ebner Stolz

Ebner Stolz is one of the largest independent midmarket auditing and consulting firms in Germany and ranks among the top ten in the industry. The firm has decades of in-depth experience in auditing, tax consulting, legal consulting and management consulting. This broad spectrum is offered by 1,900 employees in the typical multidisciplinary approach in all major German cities and business centers. As a market leader in the SME sector, the firm primarily serves mid-sized industrial, commercial and service enterprises of all sizes and in every sector.

Ebner Stolz conducts cross-border audit and consulting engagements together with partners from Nexia International, one of the world's ten largest networks of consulting and auditing firms. Through Nexia, Ebner Stolz is represented in over 125 countries with 790 offices.