M&A Deal Summary

RPS Group Acquires GaiaTech

On June 4, 2014, RPS Group acquired environmental company GaiaTech from MSouth Equity Partners for 34M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RPS Group’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is RPS Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RPS Group’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is RPS Group’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-06-04
Target GaiaTech
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) RPS Group
Sellers(s) MSouth Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 34M USD

Target

GaiaTech

Chicago, Illinois, United States
GaiaTech Incorporated provides value added environmental risk management and engineering services to financial and strategic buyers, portfolio managers and industrial clients as well as to attorneys, lenders and other interested parties.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RPS Group

Abingdon, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1970
Sector Business Services
Employees5,000
Revenue 560M GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

RPS is a technology-enabled consultancy that operates across a range of sectors and provides specialist services to government and private sector clients with a focus on front-end consulting. RPS Group was founded in 1970 and is based in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 7
Sector (Environmental) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 7
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 4
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-26 Ichron

Northwich, United Kingdom

Ichron Ltd. is a geological consultancy and training services to the international oil and gas sector.

Buy £13M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-26 DBK Partners

Brimingham, United Kingdom

DBK Partners specialize in the delivery of property solutions for a wide range of clients across a broad discipline base including cost and project management, residential consultancy, Health & Safety services, utility solutions, and regeneration consultancy.DBK Partners was founded in 2005 and is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Buy £13M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MSouth Equity Partners

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 2.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MSouth Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized company investments and acquisitions valued between $25 and $250 million. The Firm prefers opportunities in Southern US and looks to commit $25 to $100 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include distribution, business services, media, telecom, and specialty manufacturing. MSouth is the successor to private equity firm, Cravey, Green & Wahlen, Inc. which was founded in 1984. MSouth Equity Partners is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 31
Sector (Environmental) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 10
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 8 of 31
Year (2014) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-14 Crom

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Crom is a provider of pre-stressed concrete water tank design and construction services to water and wastewater customers primarily in the southeastern United States and select international locations. Crom has built more than 4,000 tanks for municipalities and private sector customers. With tank capacities ranging from a few hundred thousand gallons to several million gallons, crom tanks are suitable for diverse functions including potable and reuse water storage, wastewater treatment, thermal storage, flow equalization, and industrial storage and treatment. Crom was founded in 1953 and is based in Gainesville, Florida.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-04 Capstone Logistics

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, United States

Capstone Logistics is a provider of outsourced supply chain solutions at nationwide distribution centers catering to the grocery, foodservice, retail, automotive, and 3PL verticals. Capstone was founded in 2011 and is based in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.

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