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<p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Azelis announces it has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Coseal in South Korea. Coseal is renowned for its specialist distribution, repackaging and blending of agricultural/horticultural surfactants. The acquisition of Coseal will further drive Azelis¡¯ growth in these market segments across Asia Pacific.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Highlights & rationale</strong></span></span></span></span></p><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; padding-left: 20px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">This new partnership diversifies and strengthens Azelis¡¯ position in the attractive agricultural/horticultural segment in South Korea</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; padding-left: 20px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coseal has long-established customer relationships and strong technical expertise</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; padding-left: 20px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The transaction is consistent with Azelis¡¯ strategy of complementing organic growth with strategic acquisitions </span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Established in 1973 and headquartered in Seoul, Coseal is owned by Mr. Sang Jin Kang and family. Mr. Kang and Coseal¡¯s 45 employees will be integrated into the Azelis team.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">South Korea is an attractive and growing market with 51m inhabitants and a high GDP per capita.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">This transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><img alt="coseal" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dfc04b44-f838-4466-a3e0-b309c7e5262a" src="https://www.azelis.com/sites/default/files/uploads/GettyImages-502938430.jpg" width="3799" height="2529" loading="lazy" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mr. Kang Sang Jin, CEO of Coseal, says:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">¡°We are delighted to be partnering with </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Azelis. </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">With almost 50 </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">years of experience operating in South Korea, our joint focus on sales excellence and innovation-driven services brings new and </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">exciting opportunities. There is huge potential to gain new business in South Korea with</em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coseal</em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">¡¯s expertise of the sector and Azelis¡¯ </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">existing global principal network and international agricultural/horticultural customer base.¡±</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mr. Laurent Nataf, CEO & President of Azelis Asia Pacific, adds:</strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">¡°Like Azelis, </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coseal </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">has strong technical expertise and strives to continually provide tailor-made formulations to customers. This has been critical in building</em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Coseal</em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">¡¯s long-lasting and collaborative relationships. Azelis in South Korea has been largely focused on personal care, so we¡¯re very excited to enter the </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">agricultural/horticultural </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">market with such a reputable partner by our side.¡±</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Azelis entered South Korea in 2018 with the <a href="https://www.azelis.com/en/news/azelis-expands-geographically-into-south-korea-acquisition-of-sammichem-co-leader-personal" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(30, 123, 226); text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s, background-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, transform 0.15s ease-out 0s;">acquisition of SammiChem</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.azelis.com/en/news/azelis-expands-geographically-into-south-korea-acquisition-of-sammichem-co-leader-personal" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(30, 123, 226); text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s, background-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, transform 0.15s ease-out 0s;"> Co., Ltd.</a>, which is now known as Sammi Azelis Co., Ltd</span></span></span>. The company runs a state-of-the-art application laboratory dedicated to Personal Care. In 2021, Azelis expanded the business in South Korea by <a href="https://www.azelis.com/en/news/azelis-diversifies-presence-south-korea-through-acquisition-of-a-leading-food-distributor-mh" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(30, 123, 226); text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s, background-color 0.15s ease-out 0s, transform 0.15s ease-out 0s;">acquiring MH</a>, a food <span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">distributor</span></span></span>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 1em; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-family: museo-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The acquisition of Coseal illustrates the support provided by EQT since the initial acquisition of Azelis. EQT is confident that the expanded range of services and global reach provided by this acquisition will continue to bring benefits to customers and principals of the combined group.</span></p>
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