SGAM In Talks To Buy Two Add-On Firms For Poland's Konsalnet
19 Enero 2010 - 10:22AM
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Polish security firm Konsalnet SA, in which private equity fund
SGAM Alternative Investments holds a 80% stake, is in advanced
talks to acquire two small Polish rivals, SGAM Investment Director
Jacek Carbol said Tuesday.
Poland is a unique market in that its security market leaders
are local firms, not global ones such as G4S (GFS.LN), Securitas
(SECU-B.SK), or Brinks (BCO), Carbol said.
Konsalnet, which expects to record over 500 million zlotys ($178
million) in sales for 2009, is the private equity fund's platform
for bolt-on acquisitions, two of which are likely to be announced
this week, SGAM executives said.
Jacek Pogonowksi, a partner at SGAM AI, said Konsalnet is
looking to grow both organically and by acquisition.
He added that Konsalnet is looking to either outbid in-house
security subsidiaries of Polish state-owned companies such as the
national postal service in public tenders, or to buy their spun-off
security units outright.
If it were to make a larger, cross-border acquisition requiring
external financing, Konsalnet would be interested in either buying
strong local players or in investing in a country where security
services are underdeveloped, enabling it to build a strong position
early.
"Although it isn't the same market as a year and a half or two
years ago, it is easier to get acquisition financing in Poland for
medium-sized deals compared with Western Europe or the rest of the
region," Pogonowski said.
-By Marynia Kruk, Dow Jones Newswires; +48 22 447-2431;
marynia.kruk@dowjones.com
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