Ring International financed by Raiffeisen Landesbank OÖ

MP Corporate Finance acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Ring International Holding AG in arranging the financing of the buy & build strategy by issue of a corporate bond.

In 2008 and 2009, Ring International Holding obtained the majority share of Niko, Fritz Lacke GmbH, pro|office and a share in the Italian powder paint manufacturer puderlack Ecopolifix over the course of a Buy & Build concept. On the one hand, the capital obtained from the corporate bond is to be used for additional transactions and on the other hand, its aim is to drive forward the expansion of existing activities.

Ring International Holding AG is a leading company group in the field of office supplies and industrial paint, with a total of 30 companies, of which 12 are production sites. Globally, RIH employs 1,300 staff on three continents. On a production area of 83,000 m², among others 1.7 billion soft plastic covers are manufactured each year, as are 60 million binder filling mechanisms, approximately 185 million level mechanisms for the office supplies industry, but also 20,000 tons of liquid coating for road markings, corrosion protection and other industrial applications such as 10,000 tons of powder coating for industrial applications.

Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG was founded more than 100 years ago as a clearing institute. Today, it is the strongest regional bank in Austria, supporting its corporate customers with tailored financial engineering services. An optimal interaction between customer relationship managers and specialists ensures that individual solutions can be implemented rapidly.