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1997: Creation of Verdoso Investment SA

Franck Ullmann created Verdoso Investment SA to invest in mid-market industrial companies facing operational or strategic challenges that require prompt, deep and sustainable changes.

Deployment of Verdoso’s approach

DFor over ten years, Verdoso has deployed a unique expertise to implement successful changes within atypic corporate environments such as non-core assets disposals, recoveries, restructuring processes, receiverships.

For instance, Verdoso has already achieved many successful deals with big French groups:

• Arcelor: Estamfor (company now owned by Farinia)
• Elf Atochem: Prosyne Polyane (company sold in 2002)
• Pernod Ricard: Bouguet Pau (company sold in 2006)
• Schneider Electric: NUM (company within Verdoso’s portfolio since 2005)

2007: Creation of Verdoso Industries

Franck Ullmann, Patrick Coupier, Vincent Fahmy, Jean-Frédéric Lambert have launched Verdoso Industries, a financial vehicle with 150 millions of equity coming from the management, from Verdoso Investment SA, and from institutional investors.