Castle ist die alleinige Besitzerin von Dowding & Mills, einem führenden Anbieter von Unterhalts- und Reparaturservice für Generatoren und Motoren. Um 16:30 Uhr Londoner Zeit am 2. Juni 2010 hat Sulzer (UK) Holdings Ltd gültige Annahmen von Aktionärinnen und Aktionären von Castle in der Höhe von rund 94,52 Prozent des gesamten Aktienkapitals von Castle erhalten. Darin eingeschlossen sind rund 94,09 Prozent aus unwiderruflichen Zusagen von bestimmten Verwaltungsräten und Aktionären von Castle. Aufgrund der Anzahl zugedienter Aktien wurde das Angebot frei von diesbezüglichen Vorbehalten, und Sulzer hat erklärt, dass das Angebot jetzt ohne jegliche Vorbehalte gültig ist. Sulzer beabsichtigt, zu veranlassen, dass Castle bei der London Stock Exchange beantragt, die Zulassung zum Handel am Alternative Investment Market AIM aufzuheben. Ausserdem plant Sulzer, das Recht geltend zu machen, die verbleibenden Aktien von Castle zu unveränderten Bedingungen des Kaufangebots zu übernehmen.
Mit dem Angebot zur Übernahme von Dowding & Mills, das am 2. Juni 2010 bekanntgegeben wurde, will Sulzer das Servicegeschäft stärken. Dowding &Mills erzielte mit Unterhalts- und Reparaturservice für Generatoren und Motoren im letzten Geschäftsjahr, das am 30. Juni 2009 endete, einen Jahresumsatz von GBP 125,5 Millionen (CHF 213 Millionen). Das elektromechanische Know-how von Dowding &Mills wird Sulzers technische Kompetenzen erweitern und ergänzt die heutigen Aktivitäten von Sulzer Turbo Services. Die geplante Zusammenführung von Sulzer Turbo Services und Dowding &Mills wird einen führenden unabhängigen Anbieter von Unterhalts- und Reparaturservice für Turbomaschinen, Generatoren und Motoren mit Potenzial für weitere geografische Expansion schaffen. Sulzer behält dabei eine starke finanzielle Position, die weiteres externes Wachstum erlaubt.
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