Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP agreed to acquire a 50.1% stake in Comexposium S.A. from Unibail-Rodamco SE (ENXTAM:UL) and Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris on March 31, 2015. The transaction values Comexposium at €550 million. Charterhouse has been granted an exclusivity period. During this period, the work councils of Unibail-Rodamco SE and Comexposium will be consulted before the signing of the final and binding documentation expected in the second quarter of 2015. The transaction remains subject to a process of employee consultation and to the approval of the relevant competition authorities and will be finalized over the course of the second quarter of 2015. Comexposium reported revenues of €260 million with an EBITDA of €46 million and total assets of €397.6 million in 2014.

SG CIB, Natixis, CA CIB, ING, Tikehau IM, Hayfin CM provided senior debt financing. Erik Maris and François Guichot Pérère of Maris & Associés, Justin Welstead and Christophe Puissegur of Eight Advisory and Jérôme Brunet and Emmanuel de Garsignies of Bain & Cie acted as financial advisors for Charterhouse while Laurent Borey and Paul de France of Mayer Brown and Nicolas Barberis, Laurent Mabilat, Anne Reffay, Marie Roche, Delphin Boucher, Julien Rebibo, Sébastien Ouvry, Thomas Jeannin, Christophe Lemaire and Sarah Chikh of Ashurst LLP acted as legal advisors to Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP. Sophie Cornette de Saint-Cyr and Edouard Sicot of Bredin Prat & Associes acted as legal advisors to Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris. Frederic Jungels, Arnaud de Rochebrune and Jean-Yves Charriau of Allen & Overy France and Marcus Billam of Darrois Villey acted as legal advisors to Unibail-Rodamco SE. Nicolas Durand, Arnaud Joubert, Camille Pochat, Alexandre Mathe and Philippe Le Bourgeois of Rothschild & Cie and Christophe Leclerc, Nicolas Paillot de Montabert of Accuracy acted as financial advisors for Unibail-Rodamco. Hervé Couffin and Guillaume Bodard of Callisto and STC Partners acted as legal advisors for management. Georges Vialle of Oliver Wyman conducted strategic due diligence for Unibail-Rodamco.

Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP completed the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Comexposium S.A. from Unibail-Rodamco SE (ENXTAM:UL) and Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris on July 31, 2015.