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Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Expands to 35 States with Vanguard Fire & Security Systems Acquisition
Add-on acquisitionclosedadd-onannounced May 3, 2023closed May 3, 2023Fact
What happened
- Platform
- Pye-Barker Fire & Safetyadd-on basis: With this, Pye-Barker continues its national footprint expansion by entering Michigan, its 35 th state reached through an aggressive and purposeful acquisition strategy.
- 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
3 named
Buy side
- “With this, Pye-Barker continues its national footprint expansion by entering Michigan, its 35 th state reached through an aggressive and purposeful acquisition strategy.”
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is held by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (holding evidence https://www.leonardgreen.com/portfolio/)”
Side not stated
- “Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security provider in the United States – has acquired Vanguard Fire & Security Systems, a leader in Michigan and surrounding markets.”
Evidence
“Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security provider in the United States – has acquired Vanguard Fire & Security Systems, a leader in Michigan and surrounding markets.”
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