M&A Deal Summary

Finatem Acquires GfS Society for Street Maintenance

On August 6, 2018, private equity firm Finatem acquired infrastructure company GfS Society for Street Maintenance

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Finatem’s 1st transaction in the Infrastructure sector.
  • This is Finatem’s 17th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-08-06
Target GfS Society for Street Maintenance
Sector Infrastructure
Buyer(s) Finatem
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

GfS Society for Street Maintenance

Beimerstetten, Germany
GfS is a technical infrastructure service provider for German motorways and highways. Gfs core business comprises the planning, development, assembly, maintenance, and repair of steel protection and control systems. Gesellschaft für Straßenunterhaltung mbH (GfS) is also active in the related field of the daily securing of construction sites. Gfs’s customers are public institutions and general construction companies. GfS was founded in 1996 and is based in Beimerstetten, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Finatem

Bad Homburg, Germany

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 250M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Finatem Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH is a private equity firm that focuses on acquiring small and mid-sized businesses in German-speaking countries, primarily in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The Firm targets growth potential companies with positive cash flows and strong market positions led by an experienced management team. It looks to invest in small medium-sized companies with annual sales between €10 million and €50 million and an EBITDA between €2 million and €6 million. Specific areas of interest include business services, consumer products, industrial engineering, and manufacturing. The Firm will consider a variety of transactions including succession planning; MBOs, MBIs, OBOs, spin-off, growth capital, add-on buy and buy- build transactions. Finatem was formed in 2000 and is based in Bad Homburg, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 20
Sector (Infrastructure) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 15 of 15
Country (Germany) 17 of 18
Year (2018) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-07 Gothaer Fahrzeugtechnik

Gotha, Germany

GFT is a manufacturer of highly specialized products for the crane and construction industries. Gothaer concentrating on producing highly complex tube and sheet metal structures from high-strength fine-grain structural steels and complete system solutions with integrated electrical installations and hydraulics. GFT was founded in 1997 and is based in Gotha, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-09 Schollenberger Kampfmittelbergung

Celle, Germany

Schollenberger Kampfmittelbergung GmbH is a provider of demolition work/building site clearance, construction excavation monitoring, computer-assisted evaluation and cartography, disposal, ground filtration, etc.

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