Getronics Acquisition Creates Global ICT Services Powerhouse
Getronics, the leading European provider of digital transformation solutions with a rich history that extends over 130 years, is expanding its capabilities with Pomeroy's resources and leading expertise in digital workplace transformation, infrastructure optimisation, network and data centre services. With locations coast to coast in the United States serving campus and distributed IT environments in retail, healthcare, financial institutions, services and manufacturing, the acquisition of Pomeroy enables Getronics to expand its global services capabilities focused on business transformation to the North American market.
"We are very pleased with the successful acquisition of Pomeroy. Our combined revenues now reach $1.3 billion, achieving our goal of becoming a billion-dollar company two years earlier than originally planned," stated Nana Baffour, Chairman and Group CEO of Getronics. "This reflects the power of our dreams and the dedicated execution of our team and financial partners, and we are excited about the value and customer experience that the new combination will allow us to deliver. Our operations are now significantly strengthened globally, extending from Brazil to Singapore and from Spain to the U.S. and Canada, with over 2,800 active clients, served by approximately 9,000 employees. With this scale, we are poised to succeed in our ambition to be the preferred partner for our customers in enabling business transformation using the latest technology."
"This is an outstanding combination and an incredibly exciting event for our clients as well," said Brian Robinson, current CEO of Pomeroy and Global CFO of the newly combined company. "Getronics' global service delivery capabilities and service offerings will be a compelling added value for North American clients. We look forward to introducing Getronics' Applications, Cloud and Unified Communications solutions to further enable our clients to transform their businesses utilizing the latest digital tools as part of the workspace of tomorrow."
The acquisition of Pomeroy was supported by an USD815 million financing and recapitalisation transaction. CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Permira Debt Managers and White Oak Global Advisors, LLC led a USD550 million first lien senior tranche of the financing.
About Pomeroy
Pomeroy provides high quality IT infrastructure services from its locations throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
Pomeroy's portfolio of infrastructure managed services includes Workplace Services, Network Services, Data Centre Services, and Cloud Services along with staffing services and the full range of procurement and logistics services. The industry's foremost expert in Optimised Workplace Services, Pomeroy is industry recognised for Managed Workspace Services. Pomeroy also received the Americas VMware Partner Innovation Award in the Digital Workspace category in 2017. Committed to first-rate service and customer satisfaction, Pomeroy fulfills your business needs with the tools and know-how to build and sustain flexible IT environments.
For additional information, please visit www.getronics.com.
