Scheme Completed Sponsor buyer
CPE Capital acquisition of Quickstep Holdings
A$41.2m equity value
Announced Jan 2025 (approx.) · ASX: QHL · 46% premium
Advisers
Quickstep Holdings
Target
- Financial adviser
- Legal adviser
- Independent expert
- Target
- Quickstep Holdings
- Acquirer
- ASDAM
- Sponsor
- CPE Capital
- Structure
- Scheme of arrangement
- Completed
- 5 May 2025
- Sector
- Defence and aerospace
In the league tables
- M&A financial advisers, Calendar 2025 Miles Advisory Partners #49
- M&A financial advisers, completed, Calendar 2025 Miles Advisory Partners #37
- M&A legal advisers, Calendar 2025 Gilbert + Tobin #2 · Maddocks #73
- M&A legal advisers, completed, Calendar 2025 Gilbert + Tobin #1 · Maddocks #48
- Independent experts, Calendar 2025 Deloitte #3
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Sources
- 13 Jan 2025 Quickstep Holdings Limited's Takeover globallegalchronicle.com
- 5 Mar 2025 Scheme Booklet registered with ASIC ASX
- 5 May 2025 Implementation of Scheme of Arrangement ASX

