M&A Deal Summary

AEA Investors Acquires Veseris

On December 5, 2019, private equity firm AEA Investors acquired consumer services company Veseris from Univar for 195M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AEA Investors’ 4th transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is AEA Investors’ 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is AEA Investors’ 81st transaction in the United States.
  • This is AEA Investors’ 11th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-12-05
Target Veseris
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) AEA Investors
Sellers(s) Univar
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 195M USD

Target

Veseris

Austin, Texas, United States
Vereris is a pest management business serving customers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company offers a broad range of pesticides and rodent control devices to a diverse customer base of thousands of local service providers within the structural pest control, public health, turf & ornamental, wildlife management, industrial vegetation management, post-harvest and hay product end markets. Veseris is based in Austin, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AEA Investors

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 19.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

AEA Investors is a private investment firm focused on investing in and acquiring businesses headquartered primarily in the US, Europe, and China. AEA looks for companies operating in stable to growing industries with a proven ability to generate positive cash-flow. Broad sectors of interest include value-added industrial products/services, specialty chemicals, consumer products, and services. In addition to its primary middle-market private equity fund, AEA maintains additional funds targeted towards mezzanine financing, senior secured debt, and small business buyouts. AEA Investors was formed in 1968 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 93 of 118
Sector (Consumer Services) 4 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 7
State (Texas) 11 of 13
Country (United States) 81 of 103
Year (2019) 6 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-30 BMS Enterprises

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

BMS Enterprises is a large non-franchised provider of property restoration and reconstruction services to commercial and residential end markets in the United States. BMS operates 17 branches across the U.S. and has a national catastrophe team capable of serving large and complex losses around the country. BMS Enterprises was founded in 1948 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-04 Galco

Madison Heights, Michigan, United States

Galco is a distributor of Industrial and Commercial Electrical and Electronic Control, Automation and Motion Products, Repair and Engineering Services. Galco was founded in 1975 and is based in Madison Heights, Michigan.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Univar

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1924
Sector Distribution
Employees9,746
Revenue 8.3B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Univar Solutions is a global chemical and ingredient distributor and a provider of value-added services to customers across a wide range of industries. Univar was founded in 1924 and is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 4
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-17 Nexeo Solutions

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Nexeo Solutions LLC is a chemical and plastics distributor. Nexeo Solutions was founded in 2014 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.

Buy $2.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-22 Distrupol

Chertsey, United Kingdom

Distrupol Ltd. is a provider of sales, marketing, distribution and application development of an extensive range of thermoplastic polymers. Distrupol was founded in 1963 and is based in Chertsey, United Kingdom.

Sell -
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