Royal Ten Cate NV

Clarkslegal has advised Royal Ten Cate NV (listed on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange) in respect of the acquisition of the AML group of companies.  AML UK is a leading company in the armour market in the United Kingdom, the second largest market worldwide. The company is largely engaged in the design and production of vehicle armour materials. Furthermore it provides a range of products for the security market.

Royal Ten Cate ("Ten Cate") is a multinational company which combines textile technology with related chemical processes and material technology in the development and production of functional materials with distinctive characteristics. TenCate products are sold worldwide. Systems and materials from TenCate come under four areas of application: safety & protection, space & aerospace, infrastructure & the environment, and sport & recreation. TenCate occupies leading positions in protective fabrics, composites for space and aerospace, antiballistics, geosynthetics and synthetic turf.

Burges Salmon advised the selling shareholders.

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