Pitch Best Small Cap Deal 2022: Egis – Nebu Transport Services

Name of the deal:  Egis acquires Nebu Transport Services 
Date announced: 15 February 2022 
Date closed: 15 February 2022 
Published value: 5 – 50 million euros 
Buyer(s): Egis 
Target: Nebu Transport Services 
Seller: Shareholders of Nebu Transport Services 

Involved firms and advisors 

Involved firms and advisors buy side:  
Grant Thorton (Financial Due Diligence and Tax Advisory), AKD (Legal Advisory Corporate M&A) 

Involved firms and advisors target:  
n.a. 

Involved firms and advisors sell side:  
EY (M&A Advisory and Tax Advisory), HVG Law (Legal Advisory Corporate M&A) 

Pitch  

Brief description deal / Deal outline  
Egis, a French company active in the consulting, construction engineering and mobility service sectors that design and operate intelligent infrastructure and buildings, has acquired Nebu Transport Services, a Dutch company active in the European transport industry providing services such as VAT recovery and excise duty recovery.  

Why should this deal win the Award for Best Deal Small-Cap 2022?  
This strategic acquisition allows Egis to enter into the Dutch market. Egis is an international player active in the consulting, construction engineering and mobility service sectors. The acquisition enables Nebu Transport Services to offer a broader and higher quality service to its customers, as well as seize new international business opportunities under Egis and its subsidiary Easytrip Transport Services.  

Deal rationale:  
Egis and Nebu complement each other, allowing customers and employees to benefit from an enhanced product offering with advanced technologies. With the acquisition of Nebu Transport Services, Egis reinforces its position in the VAT and Excise refund for the European Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs) market, focusing on the Benelux essential transport and logistics cluster. 

Egis is an international player active in the consulting, construction engineering and mobility service sectors. It creates and operates intelligent infrastructure and buildings capable of responding to the climate emergency and helping to achieve more balanced, sustainable and resilient territorial development. With operations in 120 countries, Egis places the expertise of its 16,000 employees at the disposal of its clients and develops cutting edge innovation accessible to all projects. Through its wide-ranging fields of activity, Egis is a central player in the collective organisation of society and the living environment of citizens all over the world. 

What is the impact of this deal for the company?  
The acquisition by Egis enables Nebu Transport to offer a broader and higher quality service to its customers, as well as seize new international business opportunities under Egis.  

What is the impact of this deal for the direct stakeholders?  
As a result of the transaction, customers and employees of the business combination will benefit from an enhanced product offering with advanced technologies.  

What is the impact of this deal on society?  
The deal accelerates the dream of bother parties to become the strongest support company for European transport companies and offer the best solutions. 

What was most complex about this deal?  
The deal and negotiation dynamics between a large French corporate with global reach (Egis) and the shareholders of a small-mid-sized lean and mean Dutch company (Nebu).