H.I.G Capital acquired the Chicago (USA) assets of CRODA for $92,000,000. National Capital Merchant Banking, LLC originated, arranged, and assisted in the structuring of this investment transaction.

About Croda
Croda is a world leader in the manufacture of Specialty Chemicals for the Personal care, Home care, Health care, Industrial and polymer markets; its business is broadly split into specialties and oleochemicals. Croda's products are sold mainly to industry as the base ingredients to "house name" consumer products. Croda has been supplying naturally-derived specialty chemicals to a wide range of industries for over 80 years. Croda has sales, technical and manufacturing facilities throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Far East. For more information, visit www.croda.com.

About H.I.G. Capital
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private investment firm with over $4 billion of capital under management. H.I.G.'s family of funds includes private equity, venture capital, distressed debt and public equities. H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 100 companies worldwide since its founding in 1993, with combined sales in excess of $7 billion. H.I.G. has offices in Miami, Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco in the U.S. and affiliate offices in London, Hamburg and Paris in Europe. For more information, visit www.higcapital.com.