M&A Activity • May 4, 2021
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ARRIBATEC SIGNS LOI TO ACQUIRE INTEGRA ASSOCIATES
HIGHLIGHTS
• Arribatec Solutions ASA has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire UK-based Integra Associates for an
enterprise value of GBP 1.5 million
• The transaction would create the world’s largest provider of Unit 4 ERP services and solutions
• Integra expects 2021 revenues of GBP 4.5 million and a positive EBITDA
(Oslo, Norway, 4 May 2021) Arribatec Solutions ASA (OSE: ARR, Arribatec) today announces an LOI to acquire UK-based Integra Associates (Integra), a global elite partner of Unit4, to create the world’s largest provider of Unit 4 ERP services and solutions.
“We´re excited to announce the plan for Integra to join forces with Arribatec to create the largest provider of Unit4 ERP services and solutions worldwide. The Integra team has for decades delivered best-in-class services and solutions to an impressive customer list and is a perfect fit to our international ERP offering. With access to Integra’s highly competent consultants, complementary solutions and Arribatec’s Solution as a Service concept, we see a great potential in transforming how we jointly deliver and deploy business software worldwide,“ says Per Ronny Stav, CEO of Arribatec.
Integra is UK's longest-standing Unit4 partner and has helped organisations improve key business processes through industry leading solutions and services. The company, a global elite partner of Unit4 and the 2020 global service partner of the year, has offices in Leicester and Manchester, UK, and consists of a team of 45 highly competent resources.
Integra has more than 100 customers, mainly in the UK, but also in the US and Europe, and subsidiaries of UK companies worldwide. Among the customers are Havas Group, easyJet, Alvarez and Marsal, DFØ (Norway), Buro Happold Consulting Engineers etc. The company expects revenues of GBP 4.5 million in 2021 and positive EBITDA.
“We are really excited at the prospect of joining forces with Arribatec. Arribatec has an inspirational leadership and vision, and a customer centric approach and values which are very much in line with our own. Most importantly, joining the Arribatec family would allow us to deliver an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise and solutions to our customers in the UK and worldwide”, says Mark Bloomer, founder of Integra.
The acquisition is based on an enterprise value of GBP 1.5 million, with GBP 1.125 million in cash and GBP 0.375 million in Arribatec shares at NOK 2.2 per share, plus an earn-out element. The transaction is subject to due diligence and other customary conditions and is expected to close during the second quarter of 2021.
ENDS
For additional information, please contact:
Per Ronny Stav, CEO, Arribatec Solutions ASA: +47 994 42 378
Martin Nes, Chairman of the Board, Arribatec Solutions ASA: +47 920 14 814
About Arribatec | www.arribatec.com
Arribatec is a software and consulting company headquartered in Oslo. With a customer centric engagement model, combined with a deep system, integration and domain competence, Arribatec builds long term strategic partnership with a broad customer base. Arribatec serves more than 800 large entities spread over 25 countries and various industries, both in the private and public sector. The company employs approximately 350 people in 14 countries and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker code ARR.
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