M&A Deal Summary

EQT and GIC Acquire Anticimex

On April 2, 2012, private equity firm EQT and sovereign wealth fund GIC acquired consumer services company Anticimex from Ratos for 2.7B SEK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 1st and GIC’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is EQT’s 38th and GIC’s 15th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is EQT’s 30th and GIC’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-04-02
Target Anticimex
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) EQT
GIC
Sellers(s) Ratos
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 2.7B SEK

Target

Anticimex

Stockholm, Sweden
Anticimex is a global specialist in preventive pest control with operations in 18 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the US. Anticimex serves around 3 million customers across the globe and offers a broad range of preventive pest control solutions, including the digital solution Anticimex SMART and pest insurance. Anticimex was founded in 1934 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 98 of 315
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 8
Type (Secondary Buyout) 15 of 96
Country (Sweden) 30 of 55
Year (2012) 4 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 38 of 47
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-05 ECON Healthcare

Singapore, Singapore

Econ Healthcare is one of the largest elderly care service providers in the region, operating nine medicare centers and nursing homes in Singapore and two in Malaysia. The Company also owns and manages a hospital, a chain of health and wellness centers (under the ECONLIFE! Hub brand), and a care skill training center. ECON Healthcare is based in Singapore.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-01 internetstore

Stuttgart, Germany

internetstore is an e-commerce company in bike and outdoor. The group runs numerous online shops across 14 European countries: Bikester, Addnature, CAMPZ, fahrrad.de, and Brügelmann. With its broad assortment, the shops attract enthusiasts as well as newcomers to the bike and outdoor experience. internetstore was founded in 2003 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

Buy -
Buyer
DESCRIPTION

GIC Private Ltd. is the investment arm of Singapore. The Group primarily invests through three investment groups, including public markets, private equity and real estate. GIC's private equity practice looks to invest in funds as well as directly in companies. GIC is based in Singapore with additional offices globally.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 42
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 14
Country (Sweden) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 15 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-01 Far East Horizon

Tsim Sha Tsui, China

Far East Horizon is a provider of financial services and the company operates in two segments, Financial, Lease, and Advisory; and Industrial Operation and Management. The Financial, Lease, and Advisory segment offers direct finance leasing, sale-leaseback, factoring, entrusted loans, operating lease, and advisory services. Far East Horizon was founded in 2008 and is based in Tsim Sha Tsui, China.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-29 Acuris

London, United Kingdom

Acuris is a provider of global corporate financial news, intelligence, and analysis to advisory firms, investments banks, law firms, hedge funds, private equity firms and corporations operating in 65 countries. Acuris was formed in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy £382M

Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Ratos is a publicly-traded investment group focused on acquiring and growing un-listed companies. Ratos does not have any sector preferences and pursues platform companies throughout Scandinavia. The Firm's target investment size is 250M SEK to 5B SEK. Ratos looks to be an active owner in pursuing growth options and improving operations. Ratos was established in 1866 and is based in Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 13
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 5
Country (Sweden) 1 of 8
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-21 Nordic Cinema Group AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Nordic Cinema Group AB is a cinema operator in the Nordic and Baltic regions, with more than 100 years of experience in managing and cultivating the cinema experience.

Buy €94M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-18 Aibel

Sandnes, Norway

Aibel is a provider of offshore-based solutions and maintenance to the European energy sector. The company operates in the field of new building (Field Development) in both offshore wind power and the oil and gas industry, as well as in maintenance (Modification & Yard Services). Aibel was established in 1882 and is based in Sandnes, Norway.

Buy Nkr8.6B