Schuler AG

September 2007

Price: $74 million

Fund: CPA^®:15 and CPA^®:16 – Global

Financing: Recapitalization Financing

Facility Type: Headquarters and manufacturing facility

Location: Göppingen, Germany

• Established in 1839 in Göppingen, Schuler is a global leader in the production of metal-forming machines and related equipment manufacturing a range of mechanical and hydraulic presses and press dies, press automation equipment, and laser welding and cutting equipment, as well as large-scale customer-specific press lines.
• Schuler is publicly traded on the XETRA (German) stock exchange.
• In April 2007, Schuler acquired its largest European competitor, Müller-Weingarten. The sale-leaseback financing enabled Schuler to recapitalize its balance sheet post-acquisition.