CH2M, a global leader in providing critical infrastructure and natural resource solutions, announced today the closing of the first $200 million of investment in CH2M by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management LLC, (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”), a pre-eminent alternative investment manager with a history of investing in industry-leading companies. Investment funds affiliated with Apollo invested in CH2M’s preferred stock pursuant to an agreement entered into on May 27, 2015. Pursuant to that agreement, an additional $100 million investment will occur within the one-year period following closing.
In accordance with its ownership stake, Apollo designees will hold two of the six independent director seats on CH2M’s board of directors, while CH2M employees will continue to hold seven board seats.
Since the late 1880s, CH2M and its legacy companies have been providing clients with world-class infrastructure and natural resource solutions, enhancing quality of life for tens of millions of people around the globe. Example projects include:
Apollo was formed in 1990 and as of March 31, 2015, had $163 billion in assets under management. Socially responsible investing is a core tenet of Apollo’s investment philosophy.
CH2M employs more than 25,000 of the industry’s best professionals and operates in more than 90 countries, with annual gross revenues of $5.5 billion. CH2M is consistently recognized as one of the world’s top engineering firms by Engineering News-Record and was recently named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute.
About CH2M CH2M is a global engineering and project delivery company partnering with public and private clients to tackle the world’s most complex infrastructure and natural resource challenges. The firm’s work is concentrated in the water, transportation, energy, environment and industrial markets. CH2M has gross revenues of $5.5 billion, has 25,000 employees and is a specialist in program, construction and operations management and design. For more information, visit www.ch2m.com.
About Apollo Global Management Apollo is a leading global alternative investment manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Bethesda, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Apollo had assets under management of approximately $163 billion as of March 31, 2015 in private equity, credit and real estate funds invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge and resources. For more information about Apollo, please visit www.agm.com.
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