Exela Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqCM:XELA) acquired ASTERION International GmbH from BAVARIA Industries Group AG (XTRA:B8A) for €15 million on April 10, 2018. ASTERION generated sales of €60 million in 2017. Post-completion, Chief Executive Officer of ASTERION, Carsten Lind will join Exela along with his team. Kolja Petrovicki, Tatjana Schroeder, Julian Westpfahl, Oliver M. Bühr, Boris Christian, Madeleine Metzner, Heiko Wunderlich, Nicole Thomann and Eva Bonacker of SKW Schwarz, Charlotte-Riberprey-Jacob and Bertrand Jardel of PDGB Avocats, Christoph Hanssen and Wouter Den Haerynck of ELEGIS, Meltem Koning-Gungormez and Bas Kruijt of Kennedy van der Laan, Luca Mendicini and Giovanna Dimita of Carrabba & Partners and Rolf Chr. Trolls Andersen of Hjort acted as legal advisors for Exela. Hübner Schlösser & Cie acted as the financial advisor for BAVARIA Industries Group AG.

Exela Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqCM:XELA) completed the acquisition of ASTERION International GmbH from BAVARIA Industries Group AG (XTRA:B8A) on April 10, 2018.