M&A Deal Summary

G4S Acquires First Security SPRL

On October 15, 2007, G4S acquired safety/security company First Security SPRL

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is G4S’s 4th transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is G4S’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-10-15
Target First Security SPRL
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) G4S
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

First Security SPRL

Nandrin, Belgium
First Security has gross assets of €0.2 million and provides a complementary geographic fit with the group's existing event security activities in Belgium, which are undertaken by the Diamond Security Company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

G4S

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1901
Sector Safety/Security
Employees550
Revenue 7.8B GBP (2019)
DESCRIPTION

G4S is a global, integrated security company, specializing in the provision of security services and solutions to customers. Its mission is to create material, sustainable value for customers and shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all of the markets. G4S was formed in 1901 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 31
Sector: Safety/Security M&A 4 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 28
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-15 Ridderikhof Groep BV

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ridderikhof is a major company in the field of fire prevention in the form of safety monitoring, advice and training and has gross assets of €4.4m. Ridderikhof complements the group's existing consultancy and training business, RICAS, which serves the security and safety sectors within the Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-18 RIG Police Recruit

Beckenham, United Kingdom

RIG Police Recruit is a recruitment agency specialising in temporary and permanent police jobs and roles. Police Recruit was established in 2002 and has in excess of 11,000 former police officers and civilian specialists on its books. Police Recruit provides staff to police forces across the UK and internationally.

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