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01/25/11 - ACQUISITION OF ANTALIS OFFICE SUPPLIES
ACQUISITION OF ANTALIS OFFICE SUPPLIES
Lyreco is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement with Antalis for the acquisition of Antalis Office Supplies businesses in Spain and Portugal.
 
Antalis Office Supplies is a distributor specialised in office supplies, achieves sales of approximately 68 millions Euros and employs around 240 people in Spain and Portugal.
 
This development is totally in line with the Lyreco strategy to focus its growth on key markets.
 
Luis Salrach, MD of Antalis OS declared:” It is a great pleasure for me and the whole team to join the strongest Office Supplies group in Europe. Lyreco is famous for its excellence in operations and I look forward to enjoy the benefits to strengthen our businesses in Spain and Portugal, offering from now an international coverage to our customers“.
 
Philippe Martinez added: “I have a lot of respect for the work achieved by the team at Antalis OS and I am delighted to be able to service our global customers in 27 different countries with the addition of Portugal“.
 
Discussions with Unipapel (Lyreco joint-venture partner in Spain) have been initiated in order to assess the new situation.
 
01/24/11 - LYRECO TO ACQUIRE 100% SHARES IN OFISERVICE
LYRECO TO ACQUIRE 100% SHARES IN OFISERVICE
Lyreco is pleased to announce today the signature of an agreement with Unipapel for the acquisition of its shares in Suministros Integrales de Oficinas S.A.: Lyreco 50%-owned subsidiary in Spain, active and trading under the name Ofiservice.
 
Ofiservice, which was founded jointly by Unipapel and Lyreco in 1989, is a leading distributor specialised in office supplies with sales of approximately 125 millions Euros and around 610 employees across Spain.
 
As announced following the signed acquisition of Antalis Office Supplies end November, discussions have taken place between the 2 joint-venture partners in Ofiservice over the last month. Completion of the transaction is anticipated to be effective in the coming weeks after finalisation of all closing proceedings.
 
At the same time, Lyreco is announcing the completion of its transaction with Antalis related to the acquisition of Antalis Office Supplies in Spain. The completion for the Portuguese part of the business is expected in the early days of February 2011.
 
Philippe Martinez stated: “I am thrilled with these 2 announcements, strengthening Lyreco leading position in Spain and the combination of the two businesses will allow us to provide customers of both Ofiservice and Antalis Office Supplies with an even better focus, service level, product range and unmatched offers in Spain and soon in Portugal”.
 
Eric Bigeard added: “For Lyreco, Spain was our first step in the international arena. The joint-venture was incredibly successful and allowed to give birth to the number one European player and cemented the foundation of our success story over the last 20 years. I am very thankful to Millan Alvarez, CEO of Unipapel, for the very constructive collaboration in the last couple of years and especially through the last weeks of negotiation”.
 
01/10/11 - LYRECO ACQUIRES “WASER BÜRO” IN SWITZERLAND
LYRECO ACQUIRES “WASER BÜRO” IN SWITZERLAND

Lyreco is proud to announce today the acquisition of Waser Bürocenter AG and its subsidiary Aepli Office AG in Switzerland.
 
Waser Bürocenter is a long-time family-owned business being founded in 1845 by Mr J.H. Waser and trades under the names “Waserbüro”, “Aepli” and “Waserpromo”. It counts some 105 employees and realised an annual turnover of CHF 50 million.
 
Based in Zurich, Waser Bürocenter has nationwide contract operations in Switzerland.
 
The 4 retail stores are excluded from the transaction.
 
Lyreco is already the leader in most European markets and the combination of both Waser Bürocenter and Lyreco businesses will strengthen Lyreco’s leading position and operations on the Swiss market.
 
The acquisition will enable Waser Bürocenter to benefit from Lyreco’s global buying leverage, expertise and systems, having previously only been a sales partner of Staples. Furthermore, Waser Bürocenter customers will now enjoy direct access to 27 countries across 4 continents.
 
 
Heinz Waser, Chairman and CEO of Waser Bürocenter, who remains in office as CEO and will actively participate in the integration process, stated: “We are convinced that Lyreco is the ideal strategic partner for the development of Waser Büro. We have decided to join forces to bring maximum customer benefits in the long run and at the same time ensure an optimal solution to the question of succession. The partnership is in the best interest of Waser Büro and all its stakeholders: employees, customers and suppliers. We are delighted to have with Lyreco a market-leading partner that shares our high standards and our core values”.
 
Philippe Martinez added: “I am thrilled with the acquisition of Waser Bürocenter. Being a privately-owned business, our two organisations share similar values that I am convinced will lead to a better offer for all our customers. I warmly welcome our new colleagues from Waser Bürocenter on board and I am sure that we will jointly make another success story in Lyreco development”.
 
 
 
About Lyreco
Lyreco is a privately-owned supplier of office products to the business community and a leader in business-to-business office products solution. With 10,000 employees including a sales force of over 4,500 people, its core expertise is in the focus on customer service and distribution excellence. It operates in 27 countries around the world, covering 4 continents. As well as being market leader in Europe, Lyreco is also present in North America, Australia and Asia and the group generated sales of € 2 billion in 2009.
 
For more information please visit www.lyreco.com
 
 
The sales partners of Lyreco are:
OFFICEMAX covering the USA and Mexico markets;
ASKUL in Japan
OFFICEPRO in Taiwan;
WALTONS covering the markets in Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique)
SPEEDSEND which has distribution centre in Cairo, Egypt;
OFFICE PRODUCTS DEPOT operates in New Zealand