KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Cerberus and Koch Complete Acquisition of PQ Performance Chemicals

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Monday, August 2, 2021

Cerberus Capital Management, (together with its affiliates, Cerberus) and Koch Minerals & Trading, LLC (Koch) today announced that their partnership has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Performance Chemicals business from Ecovyst Inc., formerly PQ Group Holdings Inc.

Key Points: 
  • Cerberus Capital Management, (together with its affiliates, Cerberus) and Koch Minerals & Trading, LLC (Koch) today announced that their partnership has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Performance Chemicals business from Ecovyst Inc., formerly PQ Group Holdings Inc.
  • PQ is supported by 1,500 employees across 31 facilities and serves more than 900 customers around the world.
  • Dev Kapadia, Senior Managing Director at Cerberus, commented: We are excited to partner with Al and the talented team at PQ.
  • We are eager to work with the PQ employees and the Cerberus team on a new era of growth and innovation.

Mavenir Announces $500 Million Private Placement with Koch Strategic Platforms

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

b'Koch Strategic Platforms (\xe2\x80\x9cKSP\xe2\x80\x9d), a subsidiary of Koch Investments Group, announced today it has signed an agreement for a strategic minority equity investment in Mavenir (the \xe2\x80\x9cCompany\xe2\x80\x9d).

Key Points: 
  • b'Koch Strategic Platforms (\xe2\x80\x9cKSP\xe2\x80\x9d), a subsidiary of Koch Investments Group, announced today it has signed an agreement for a strategic minority equity investment in Mavenir (the \xe2\x80\x9cCompany\xe2\x80\x9d).
  • Mavenir checks all the boxes.\xe2\x80\x9d\nFrank Baker, Co-Founder of Siris, said, \xe2\x80\x9cWe have been anticipating the transformation of mobile networks, and that time has arrived.
  • Mavenir is uniquely positioned to lead the 5G transformation given its investment in disruptive products, like OpenRAN, and extensive relationship with over 250 CSPs.
  • Siris is based in New York and Silicon Valley and has raised nearly $6 billion in cumulative capital commitments.