Costain Group PLC Acquisition (1884W)
2015年8月17日 - 3:00PM
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Costain Group PLC
17 August 2015
Costain Group PLC
("Costain" or "the Group")
Acquisition of Rhead Group Holdings Limited ("Rhead Group")
17 August 2015
Costain, the engineering solutions provider, announces that it
has completed the acquisition of Rhead Group, a professional
services consultancy with a focus on programme and commercial
management.
Rhead Group, established in 1985 and operating with over 550
people, provides a range of solutions for the lifecycle of
infrastructure, construction and asset management programmes,
primarily in the UK, for a number of blue-chip customers including
National Grid, Wales & West Utilities and BAE Systems. Rhead
Group's senior management team, including Nigel Curry, Rhead Group
CEO, will remain with the business.
Costain's strategy is to focus on major customers spending
billions of pounds addressing national needs in energy, water and
transportation. Those customers are consolidating their supply
chains and are seeking an increasingly integrated service offering
from their Tier 1 service providers through larger, longer-term
collaborative contracts. Rhead Group will further enhance Costain's
programme management and advisory capability across all the Group's
operations as part of that integrated service offering.
Rhead Group has been acquired for a total cash consideration of
GBP36 million on a debt free / cash free and normalised working
capital basis and the consideration has been funded from Costain's
existing cash and debt facilities.
In the year ended 31 July 2014, Rhead Group generated revenues
of GBP63.5 million and EBITDA of GBP5.2 million (before exceptional
administrative expenses of GBP0.7 million).
Rhead Group will be fully integrated into Costain in the current
financial year and the acquisition is expected to be earnings
enhancing from 2016.
Rhead Group will join Costain's Power sector and report into the
Natural Resources division.
Separately, Costain is taking this opportunity to combine all of
its Nuclear activities across the Group into one unit which will
report into the Infrastructure division. This action will enable a
more concentrated focus on the opportunities in the Nuclear sector,
driven by investment in new energy solutions and the pressing need
to deal with the UK's legacy nuclear infrastructure.
Andrew Wyllie CBE, Chief Executive of Costain, commented:
"We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Rhead Group
which has a well-established reputation for its collaborative
approach, focus on innovation and service delivery excellence.
This transaction accelerates the development of Costain and
further broadens our range of capabilities to meet the requirements
of major blue chip customers, providing greater ability to deliver
integrated solutions across the full lifecycle of a project."
Enquiries:
Costain Tel: 01628 842 444
Andrew Wyllie CBE, Chief Executive
Tony Bickerstaff, Finance Director
Catherine Warbrick, Investor Relations
Director
Graham Read, Communications Director
Instinctif Tel: 020 7457 2020
Mark Garraway
Helen Tarbet
James Gray
Notes
1. For the year ended 31 July 2014 (the latest set of audited
accounts) the Rhead Group reported operating profit (pre
exceptional administrative expenses of GBP0.7 million and
amortisation of goodwill of GBP2.7 million) of GBP4.6 million and a
loss before tax of GBP1.2 million including interest on loan notes
under its former capital structure.
2. The Rhead Group has gross assets of GBP40.1 million as at 31
July 2014.
3. GBP26 million of the cash consideration is payable to funds
managed by Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP and GBP10 million
to the senior management team, which includes an element of
deferred consideration of GBP3 million payable in two equal
tranches on 17 August 2016 and 17 August 2017.
4. Costain has acquired the entire issued share capital in Rhead
Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries.
5. Rhead Group website: www.rheadgroup.com.
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