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Transactions / Iowa Fire Equipment Company
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Enters 40th State, Adds Five New Locations With Acquisition of Iowa Fire Equipment Company
Add-on acquisitionclosedadd-onannounced Sep 12, 2023closed Sep 12, 2023Fact
What happened
- Platform
- Pye-Barker Fire & Safetyadd-on basis: Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States – continues its high velocity growth with the acquisition of Iowa Fire Equipment Company.
- Control
- Control
- Share acquired
- unknown
- Industry
- unknown
- Target location
- unknown
- Seller kind
- unknown
- Rollover
- unknown
Values, only where disclosed
- Enterprise value
- Not disclosed
- Purchase price
- Not disclosed
- Equity value
- Not disclosed
- Target revenue
- Not disclosed
- Target EBITDA
- Not disclosed
- Multiple
- Not disclosed
Parties and roles
4 named
Buy side
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States – continues its high velocity growth with the acquisition of Iowa Fire Equipment Company.”
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is held by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (holding evidence https://www.leonardgreen.com/portfolio/)”
Sell side
- ““After thoroughly researching all the companies that showed interest in our firm, I can honestly say that there is no better match for our values than Pye-Barker,” said Brett Pruitt, Owner of Iowa Fire.”
Side not stated
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States – continues its high velocity growth with the acquisition of Iowa Fire Equipment Company.”
Evidence
“Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States – continues its high velocity growth with the acquisition of Iowa Fire Equipment Company.”
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