Trelleborg AB (publ) (OM:TREL B) signed an agreement to acquire CGS HOLDING a.s. in a merger of equals transaction for SEK 10.9 billion (CZK 31.4 billion) in cash on November 9, 2015. The acquisition will be financed through committed bank facilities. CGS reported sales of CZK 16.8 billion, total assets of CZK 14.09 billion, EBIT of CZK 2.69 billion and total common equity of CZK 9.2 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2014. On May 10, 2016, the deal has been approved by the European Commission. The transaction, which is subject to approvals from relevant authorities and competition authorities, is expected to close in the first half of 2016. As of May 4, 2016, the transaction has been approved by the European commission.

Adam Freeman, James Zhu, Deepak Sitlani, Vinay Samani, Erin Devaney, Axel Landin, June Hardacre, Philippa O'Malley, Nicole Meyer, Edward Karsten, Rebecca Rigby, Will Dyson, Sarah Opie, Guillermo Ruiz de Salazar, Belen Lavandera, Lucia Alonso, Pilar Carnicero, Ana Montes, Alexander Kolb, Antonella Mulas, Alessandro Gemmo, Silvia Di Stefano, Mariasofia Ricci, Anna Gagliardi, Carolina Gattai, Mara Ruberto, Alessio Buonaiuto, Federica Barbero, Anna Yakomaskina, Olga Nelyubova, Adilya Taktashova, Ekaterina Kurkina, Evgeniya Rakhmanina, Josh Feit, Zachary Caldwell, Peter Cohen-Millstein, Elena Piotrowski, Sonia Pucarinho, Simon Corbineau-Picci, Louis Prades, Alice Magnan, Bruno Derieux, Hélène-Oriane Jeandot, Rasmus Kindlund, Sandra Nilsson, David Hansson, Oskar Högberg, Hedvig Helmerson, Joanna Bågenholm, Patrik Björklund, Benjamin Helldén-Hegelund, Denice Roswall, Lily Whitfield, Lukasz Czynienik, Ewa Kurowska-Tober, Jakub Wozniak, Lukasz Burakowski, Magdalena Szewczyk, Olga Kruk, Klaudia Krolak, Tomasz Zorawski of Linklaters C Wisniewscy I Wspolnicy Spolka Komandytowa acted as legal advisor for Trelleborg Holding AB. Michal Smrek, Damian Beaven, Lennart Pettersson, Alena Naatz, Ivo Janda, Ales Zidek, Jan Stejskal, Jakub Mencl, Magda Olysarova and Jan Parik of White & Case Advokátní kancelár acted as the legal advisors and Jakub Dyba of Genesia, s. r. o. acted as the financial advisor to CGS HOLDING a.s. John Abrahamson, Carl Montalvo, Peter Olsson, Gustav Segerberg, Jonas Ahlgren, Wiktor Mlynarczyk and Zeki Algan of SEB Corporate Finance acted as financial advisors for Trelleborg. The currency conversion was done through 'www.oanda.com' on November 9, 2015.