M&A Deal Summary

Reiten & Co Acquires SafeRoad

On August 10, 2005, private equity firm Reiten & Co acquired safety/security company SafeRoad for 92M NOK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Reiten & Co’s 1st transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is Reiten & Co’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Reiten & Co’s 8th transaction in Norway.
Investment Fate
  • SafeRoad was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2008.
  • SafeRoad went public in 2017.
  • SafeRoad was sold to a financial buyer in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-08-10
Target SafeRoad
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) Reiten & Co
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 92M NOK

Target

SafeRoad

Oslo, Norway
SafeRoad is a supplier of road safety and road infrastructure solutions. The Group offers a broad range of innovative and high-quality products and solutions to those who own, build, and maintain roads. SafeRoad was founded in 1947 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

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Buyer

Reiten & Co

Oslo, Norway

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 450M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Reiten & Co is a Norwegian private equity firm that targets control investments in middle-market Scandinavian companies. Reiten looks for businesses with strong management, solid cashflow, and operating in a growing industry. The Firm's target investment size is €10 to €40 million per transaction. Reiten was formed in 1992 and began investing in 1996. The Firm is based in Oslo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 31
Sector: Safety/Security M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 19
Country: Norway M&A 8 of 25
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-21 EuroProcessing International ASA

Oslo, Norway

EuroProcessing International ASA is a card processing industry. EuroProcessing International's main focus is to own, develop and operate card processing infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe.

Sell €100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-09-27 Heimstaden i Malmö AB

Malmo, Sweden

Heimstaden i Malmö AB is a real estate company, owns and manages residential real estate properties. Its core portfolio consists of 77 properties with a total of 2,285 apartments and a total area of approximately 182,000 square meters.

Sell kr1.9B