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Q-Free ASA — M&A Activity 2015
May 4, 2015
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Q-Free - Acquiring Parking Management Solutions Company
Q-Free - Acquiring Parking Management Solutions Company
Trondheim/Oslo 4 May 2015: Q-Free ASA has signed an agreement to acquire the
activity in the Maltese parking management solutions company Traffiko for EUR 1
million. The transaction includes an earn-out clause with potential pay out
maximised to additional EUR 1 million. Closing of this transaction is expected
to happen during the second quarter in 2015.
-We are happy to include Traffiko to our portfolio. Through this transaction
within parking management solutions, we are now able to deliver a complete range
of solutions within this fast growing segment, says CEO Thomas Falck in Q-Free.
Traffiko has been a long-term partner to Q-Free for deliveries of a vital part
of our parking management system in previous projects. This includes the newly
announced APCOA-contract, for instalments of parking management systems to the
parking garages at the Stockholm Globe Arena.
Traffiko is an intelligent transportation solutions company providing a wide
range of advanced traffic applications including secure cloud hosted web-based
applications for car park management, journey time analysis, on-street and off
-street traffic related enforcement, access control, tracking, video analytics,
traffic scene analysis, and revenue management, based on an integrated
platform.
-We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity to become part of a large
international operation with a global network. The additional market exposure
and availability of resources will contribute to further expansion of our
business together with the rest of the Q-Free family, says Angelo Dalli, CEO of
Traffiko.
Traffiko was established in 2006 and maintains operations in Malta with customer
references in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia with more
than 650,000 active user accounts. In 2014, Traffiko generated revenues of some
NOK 4 million. The company currently has five employees and will be embarking on
a recruitment drive during 2015 to scale up further.
For further information, please contact:
CEO Thomas Falck: +47 468 00 767
CFO Roar Østbø: +47 932 45 175
About Q-Free
Q-Free is a leading global supplier of products and solutions within Road User
Charging and Advanced Transportation Management Systems. The Q-Free Group has
more than 400 employees with offices in 19 countries and presence on all
continents. The Q-Free head office is in Trondheim, Norway. Q-Free is listed on
Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker QFR.
www.q-free.com
Twitter: @Q-FreeASA