# Aperam to acquire VDM Metals from Lindsay Goldberg for €596M

Lindsay Goldberg has signed a share purchase agreement with Aperam to sell its shares in VDM Metals GmbH for an enterprise value of €596 million. Closing is subject to merger control approval and is expected in the second half of 2018.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-04-12
- Where: Werdohl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Value: $735.0M (596.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, zirconium alloys, high-alloy special stainless steels
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Lindsay Goldberg](https://endata.com/companies/2077.md) (partner)
- [Aperam](https://endata.com/companies/19223.md) (acquirer)
- [VDM Metals](https://endata.com/companies/23936.md) (target)

## Sources

- [gleisslutz.com](https://www.gleisslutz.com/en/mandates-firm-news/gleiss-lutz-advises-lindsay-goldberg-sale-vdm-group), 2018-04-12: "Private equity fund Lindsay Goldberg has signed a share purchase agreement with Aperam S.A., Luxembourg, which will acquire its shares in VDM Metals GmbH."
- [simmons-simmons.com](https://www.simmons-simmons.com/en/about-us/news/advising-aperam), 2018-04-13: "Simmons & Simmons has advised Aperam on the acquisition of Lindsay Goldberg's VDM Metals Group."

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