Explore All 417 Divestiture Retail Deals - Search the Database Free
M&A Deal Summary |
|
|---|---|
| Date | August 30, 2000 |
| Target | Rentokil Initial - Crawler Cranes Business |
| Sector | Retail |
| Buyer(s) | Weldex |
| Sellers(s) | Rentokil Initial |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
| Deal Value | 5M GBP |
FILTER BY
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Sector | Business Services |
| Employees | 102 |
Weldex is a crawler crane hire company having a large fleet of crawler cranes including the two largest crawler cranes in the UK, 1,350-tonne capacity Liebherr LR11350’s. Their cranes have been used in a number of the UK’s largest construction contracts including Heathrow Terminal 5 and the iconic arch on the new Wembley Stadium. The company is well placed to benefit from the rapid growth in offshore wind farm developments and UK power station construction and decommissioning. Weldex was founded in 1979 and is based in Inverness, United Kingdom.
| Deal Context for Buyer | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 1 |
| Sector: Retail | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United Kingdom | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2000 | 1 of 1 |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1903 |
| Sector | Business Services |
| Employees | 68,485 |
| Revenue | 5.4B GBP (2024) |
Rentokil Initial is a provider of facilities management and related services, including catering, cleaning, security, building mechanical and electrical engineering, and statutory compliance to commercial and government sector organizations; pest control services. Rentokil Initial was founded in 1903 and is based in Crawley, England.
| Deal Context for Seller | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 8 |
| Sector: Retail | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture | 2 of 8 |
| Country: United Kingdom | 2 of 5 |
| Year: 2000 | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-08-30 |
Rentokil Initial - Initial Rouch Intermodal Business
United Kingdom Rentokil Initial - Initial Rouch Intermodal Business is a distributor of travel-related products. |
Sell | £3M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-30 |
Target Express Holdings
Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom Target Express provides a full range of premium parcel delivery services for customers throughout the UK, with its main focus on overnight timed deliveries. |
Buy | £210M |
