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ABN AMRO buys IMCD from Alpinvest

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ABN AMRO Capital has purchased speciality chemicals distributor IMCD in a secondarybuy-out from AlpInvest PartnersABN AMRO Capital has purchased specialty chemicals distributor IMCD in a secondary buy-out fromAlpInvest Partners. This investment is the third acquisition of ABN AMRO Capital in the Netherlands thisyear. In this secondary buy-out, management will remain an important shareholder in the company. Theintended acquisition is subject to the customary regulatory approvals.

Since its acquisition by AlpInvest in early 2001, IMCD has continued its successful pan-European growthstrategy aimed at strengthening the product portfolio and the geographical coverage of the company.Besides organic growth, various smaller add-on acquisitions have been made and start ups were realizedin Poland, Austria, Hungary, Turkey and Russia.

IMCD is a leading provider of sales, marketing and distribution services to suppliers and users ofspecialty chemicals, pharma and food ingredients in Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand. It isthe only large international distribution company focused on specialty chemicals. Turnover of thecompany in 2004 amounted to EUR 550 million. IMCD employs approximately 700 staff. For 2005, thecompany expects strong growth in revenues.IMCD has previously been part of Internatio-Müller’s general trading activities. In 1995, Internatio-Müllerdecided to combine its chemical distribution assets in the Benelux, France and New Zealand in a newbusiness unit under the name IMCD. The current management team has been leading the company formore than 10 years.

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