The Carlyle Group LP (NasdaqGS:CG) through its funds, Carlyle Europe Partners IV, L.P., Carlyle Partners VI, L.P. and Carlyle Asia Partners IV won an auction to acquire Atotech Limited from TOTAL S.A. (ENXTPA:FP) for $3.2 billion on October 6, 2016. The acquisition will be financed by senior secured credit facilities from the syndicate led by Barclays. Atotech reported annual sales of $1 billion in 2015. The consideration represents 11.9 times Atotech's 2015 adjusted EBITDA and 2.8 times Atotech's revenues. The transaction is subject to the applicable legally required consultation and notification processes for employee representatives, regulatory approvals and approval by the relevant antitrust authorities.

Barclays acted as financial advisor for TOTAL. Audrey A. Bontemps, Sophie Hagège, Adriane Sturm, Ansgar Rempp, Martin Kock, Stefan Schneider, Markus Kappenhagen, Lutz Hülsdunk, Martin Weber, Christian Fulda, Marc Groebl, Bojan Savic, Markus Weber, Markus Hamann, Sascha Schmidt, Markus Ledwina, Olaf Hohlefelder, Robert Mayo, Jean-Baptiste Duraud, Françoise Labrousse, Armelle Sandrin-Deforge, Eric Morgan de Rivery, Eileen Lagathu, Jean-Michel Bobillo, Gabriel Ferran, Sophie Chevallier, Estelle Bouvier, Emmanuel de La Rochethulon, Thomas Le Frêche, Carol Khoury, Catherine Mintégui, Linda Hesse and Philippe Marchiset of Jones Day acted as legal advisors to TOTAL S.A. while Florent Mazeron, David Higgins, Adrian Maguire, Markus Paul, Boris Dzida, Michael Ramb, Jil Rollmann, Jan Hermsen, Lutz Dralle, Moritz von Hesberg, Thomas Granetzny, Roman Eschke, Sascha Arnold, Andreas Ruthemeyer, Anahit Gasparyan, Jieyu Zhang, Natascha Doll, Sami Jebbour, Sonia Tubiana, Vincent Daniel-Mayeur, Juliette Brasart, Gwen Senlanne, , Sean Lacey, Ninette Dodoo, Alexander Doorman, Leigh Partridge, Natasha Cheung, Nettie Choo, Stephen Wilkinson and Hendrik Braun of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. Isabelle Cheradame, Nicolas Menard-Durand, Franck Vacher, Camille Perrin, Jérôme Commerçon, Laurence Gautier and Loïc Muller of Scotto & Associés acted as legal advisors to the management of Atotech. Jeff Chenard, Manu Gayatrinath, Dominic Newcomb, Patrick Shannon, Jason Licht, Marc Williamson, Luca Crocco, Peter Todaro and David Dantzic of Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisors to The Carlyle Group LP. Matthias Unterrieder, Karl Koller, Roland Marko, Wolfram Schachinger, Paulina Pomorski, Markus Reinfeld, Sandra Spitzer, Julia Morscher, Elias Pressler, Loredana Allegranza, Agnieszka Nowak-Blaszczak, Joanna Wajdzik, Emilia Binder, Monika Gaczkowska, Jedrzej Kniaznikiewicz, Luboš Frolkovic, Katarína Bieliková, Zuzana Nikodémová, Peter Heriban, Radana Bernátová, Jozef Vircík, Jan Myška, Pavel Srb, Lenka Kucerova, Katerina Kulhankova, Hana Ricankova, David Simek, Klara Miletic, Teja Balažic, Anže Pavšek, Neja Nastran, Žiga Dolhar, Michael Lind of Wolf Theiss acted as legal advisor for TOTAL. Marcus Dougherty, Benjamin Miles, Mathias Eisen, Thomas Ingenhoven, Benjamin Sayagh, Matthew Kusel, Alexander Klein, Thomas Möller, Alexandra Schofield, Meredith Hines of Milbank Tweed Hadley & Mc Cloy acted as legal advisor for the bank. Shirley Lu, Joy Gao, Elaine Ye and Rick Cao of Zhong Lun Law Firm acted as legal advisor for Carlyle.

The Carlyle Group LP (NasdaqGS:CG) through its funds, Carlyle Europe Partners IV, L.P., Carlyle Partners VI, L.P. and Carlyle Asia Partners IV completed the acquisition of Atotech Limited from TOTAL S.A. (ENXTPA:FP) in January 2017.