Colliers to Acquire Leading Canadian Engineering Firm Englobe
June 03 2024 - 6:00AM
Global diversified professional services and investment management
company, Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI), announced today it has
entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Englobe Corporation
(“Englobe”), a leading Canadian multi-discipline engineering,
environmental and inspection services firm. Englobe’s senior
leadership team and employee shareholders will remain shareholders
in the business under Colliers’ unique partnership model.
Headquartered in Laval, Québec, Englobe’s 2,800
professionals provide civil, buildings, geotechnical, and
environmental engineering, material testing and related consulting
services to public and private sector clients primarily in the
transportation, water, buildings, and power end markets. In 2023,
the business generated US$340 million of revenues. The business
will be rebranded as Colliers in 2025.
Under the terms of the transaction, Colliers
will acquire a significant controlling interest for approximately
US$475 million in cash payable at closing. Englobe’s material
management and beneficial reuse operations located in the
UK, France and Canada are not included in the transaction. The
transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is
expected to close in the third quarter of 2024.
“The acquisition of Englobe marks a significant
entry for Colliers into the Canadian engineering marketplace and
aligns perfectly with our strategy of enhancing our growing
professional services and investment management company with
high-value, resilient, and essential services,” said Jay Hennick,
Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Colliers. “Once the
transaction is completed, recurring earnings from Engineering,
Investment Management and Outsourcing will collectively represent
about 75% of our total earnings. With Investment Management,
Engineering and Commercial Real Estate Services, Colliers has three
significant and complementary global growth engines to continue to
generate value for shareholders for many years to come.”
“Building on our success in the U.S. and
Australia, we look forward to entering the attractive Canadian
engineering services market, a business that complements our
current leadership in project management in Canada,” said Elias
Mulamoottil, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Colliers. “Englobe’s
national footprint, deep public sector relationships, and
infrastructure expertise put Colliers Canada in an enviable
position to capitalize on industry tailwinds that drive this stable
and predictable business.”
“Colliers’ enterprising culture, decentralized
operating style, focus on service excellence and employee
engagement align well with Englobe’s key values, making Colliers
the perfect partner for the next chapter of our journey,” said Mike
Cormier, Englobe President. “Joining a best-in-class professional
services organization with a global brand and international
platform will allow us to accelerate our growth going forward, as
well as offer better services to our clients and more opportunities
to our professionals. Our team is more than excited to join the
Colliers family.”
In connection with this transaction, Torys LLP
acted as legal advisor to Colliers. AEC Advisors acted as financial
advisor and Stikeman Elliott acted as legal advisors to
Englobe.
Colliers ContactsElias
MulamoottilCo-Chief Investment Officer
Christian MayerChief Financial Officer
(416) 960-9500
About Colliers
Colliers is a leading diversified professional
services and investment management company. With operations in 68
countries, our 19,000 enterprising professionals work
collaboratively to provide expert real estate and investment advice
to clients. For more than 29 years, our experienced leadership with
significant inside ownership has delivered compound annual
investment returns of approximately 20% for shareholders. With
annual revenues of $4.3 billion and $96 billion of assets under
management, Colliers maximizes the potential of property and real
assets to accelerate the success of our clients, our investors, and
our people. Learn more at corporate.colliers.com,
X @Colliers or LinkedIn.
About Englobe
Headquartered in Laval, Englobe is a leading
engineering and environmental services firm with a well-established
network of offices and facilities across Canada. The Company’s
2,800+ team members include engineers,
professionals, technicians and technical support staff.
Englobe offers a broad suite of services from engineering, design
and inspection to environmental consulting and remediation. It
completes over 25,000 projects annually for public and private
sector clients. For more information, visit
https://www.englobecorp.com/.
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