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05/2023

UNICA acquired by TRITON PARTNERS

NETHERLANDS Industrial Services / Multi-technical Installation EV 500M - 1.5b EUR

Context

Triton Fund IV completed the sale of Unica to a newly-formed vehicle, Triton IV Continuation Fund, which closed at €1.63 billion following a competitive auction process. The transaction was announced in May 2023 and valued Unica at an enterprise value of . The company generated revenue of and an EBITDA of , corresponding to an EBITDA margin of . The sale provided Triton IV investors with a return of 3.7x on the combined invested capital, or the option to roll into the new vehicle to participate in Unica's future growth. The transaction further realised Triton IV to a 1x DPI, with capital to invest in the remaining portfolio companies. Triton IV Continuation Fund was underwritten by HarbourVest Partners and LGT Capital Partners as lead investors, supported by anchor commitments from Eurazeo and Pantheon as co-underwriters, alongside other institutional investors, Unica's management team, and Triton's executives that committed significant new capital in alignment with both new and rolling Triton IV investors. A portion of the new commitments was available to Triton IV Continuation Fund as follow-on capital to support continued growth. Peder Prahl, Managing Partner and CEO of Triton, said the firm had fixed the problems the businesses faced and expanded all four significantly, and that it looked forward to continuing its work and creating further value at the four continuation fund companies. Triton was advised by Evercore and Kirkland & Ellis on the creation and closing of Triton IV Continuation Fund.

It is worth noting that the fund Triton Partners took control of Unica through an LBO in 2017.

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Target

Founded in 1933 and headquartered in Hoevelaken, Unica is one of the Netherlands' leading independent multi-technical building services and sustainable engineering platforms. The group engineers, installs, and maintains mission-critical technical infrastructure across electrical engineering, HVAC/mechanical installations, building automation, and enterprise ICT networks. Operating under a decentralized hub-and-spoke model, Unica’s operational network comprises 14 regional offices, three dedicated major-projects divisions, and ten specialized autonomous operating clusters (including Unica Fire Safety, Unica Building Intelligence, and Unica Energy Solutions). Supported by a technical workforce of approximately 2,000 engineers and field technicians, the platform focuses on non-discretionary, compliance-driven end-markets, serving institutional, healthcare, education, hyperscale data center, and complex industrial clients nationwide. Unica leverages an integrated technical lifecycle model—spanning upfront systems engineering, smart energy retrofits, and long-term planned preventative maintenance (PPM). This positioning allows the group to capture recurring, regulation-mandated demand generated by the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and national decarbonization mandates.

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Other operations with UNICA

List of similar M&A transactions (Date, Acquirer, Target, Country, Sub-sector)
DateAcquirerTargetCountrySector
10/2017TRITON PARTNERSUNICANETHERLANDSMulti-technical Installation

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Valuation range: EV 500M - 1.5b EUR

Revenue range: 450M - 900M EUR

EBITDA range: 100M - 200M EUR

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Target: unica

Acquirer: triton partners