DPE acquires majority stake in the NTA Group

Munich/Mainz — Funds advi­sed by Deut­sche Private Equity (DPE) have signed an agree­ment to acquire a majo­rity stake in the NTA Group from Adiuva Capi­tal. As part of the tran­sac­tion, the manage­ment will acquire a stake in the NTA Group. Comple­tion is subject to appr­oval by the rele­vant anti­trust autho­ri­ties. The parties have agreed not to disc­lose the finan­cial details of the acquisition. 

The NTA Group, based in Mainz, is a provi­der of inte­gra­ted secu­rity, commu­ni­ca­tion and IT infra­struc­ture solutions.

The company plans, imple­ments and opera­tes solu­ti­ons that protect buil­dings, people, assets, commu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels and opera­tio­nal proces­ses against signi­fi­cant physi­cal and digi­tal secu­rity risks. The range of services includes fire and intru­sion detec­tion tech­no­logy, video surveil­lance, access control, alarm and emer­gency manage­ment, commu­ni­ca­tion solu­ti­ons as well as IT and network infra­struc­ture. Its custo­mers include medium-sized compa­nies of various kinds, in parti­cu­lar health­care provi­ders, public autho­ri­ties and opera­tors of criti­cal infra­struc­ture. With around 360 employees at nine loca­ti­ons in Germany and Luxem­bourg, the Group gene­ra­tes sales of more than EUR 60 million. 

For DPE, NTA is an attrac­tive plat­form in a market in which secu­rity, avai­la­bi­lity and commu­ni­ca­tion capa­bi­lity are of great importance to compa­nies and public insti­tu­ti­ons. The Group has broad tech­no­lo­gi­cal exper­tise, long-stan­­ding custo­mer rela­ti­onships, regio­nal proxi­mity and a high propor­tion of recur­ring revenues. 

Toge­ther with the manage­ment, DPE intends to support the further deve­lo­p­ment of the group as a stra­te­gic part­ner. The focus will be on orga­nic growth, the expan­sion of service, main­ten­ance and mana­ged services offe­rings, the expan­sion of the service port­fo­lio and the conti­nua­tion of the buy-and-build stra­tegy. NTA is to further expand its market posi­tion in DACH and also examine growth oppor­tu­ni­ties in selec­ted Euro­pean markets in the future. 

As part of the next deve­lo­p­ment phase, Benja­min Lieber, previously respon­si­ble for Stra­te­gic Busi­ness Deve­lo­p­ment and M&A, will assume the role of Spokes­man of the Group’s Manage­ment Board. Tors­ten Marx, co-foun­­der of the NTA Group and Mana­ging Direc­tor of NTA System­haus, will step down from his opera­tio­nal role and support the further stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment of the Group as Chair­man of the Advi­sory Board.

Benja­min Lieber, future CEO of the NTA Group, says: “NTA stands for a high level of tech­ni­cal exper­tise, strong regio­nal units and a prono­un­ced under­stan­ding of service. Our custo­mers rely on systems that have to func­tion in criti­cal situa­tions. We take this respon­si­bi­lity very seriously. With DPE, we have gained a stra­te­gic part­ner who under­stands our ambi­ti­ons and will support us in deve­lo­ping the group further in a targe­ted manner toge­ther with our employees and manage­ment teams.”

Tors­ten Marx, foun­der of the NTA Group: “In recent years, NTA has grown from a regio­nally strong system house to a much broa­­der-based group of compa­nies. The service port­fo­lio has been expan­ded, central group func­tions have been estab­lished and important stra­te­gic acqui­si­ti­ons have been made with HSS, MTG and MR Compact. In our view, DPE is the right choice to support NTA’s next phase of growth.”

Andreas W. Schmid, Part­ner at DPE, empha­si­zes: “NTA is a powerful plat­form in a market with intact long-term growth drivers. The company combi­nes secu­rity, commu­ni­ca­tion and IT infra­struc­ture in an inte­gra­ted offe­ring and has estab­lished custo­mer rela­ti­onships in deman­ding fields of appli­ca­tion. We were parti­cu­larly impres­sed by the quality of the manage­ment team, the strong service orien­ta­tion and the proven ability to combine orga­nic growth with targe­ted acqui­si­ti­ons. We look forward to accom­pany­ing NTA as a stra­te­gic part­ner in the next deve­lo­p­ment phase.”

The debt finan­cing for the tran­sac­tion is being provi­ded by Adams Street Partners.

Consul­tant DPE:

Deloitte (Finan­cial), CA Stra­tegy (Commer­cial), PwC (Tax & Struc­ture), Dechert (Legal) and MCF (Debt).

About the NTA Group

The NTA Group, head­quar­te­red in Mainz, is a provi­der of inte­gra­ted secu­rity, commu­ni­ca­tion and IT infra­struc­ture solu­ti­ons. The Group combi­nes tech­no­lo­gi­cal exper­tise with regio­nal proxi­mity and a high level of service orien­ta­tion. NTA plans, imple­ments and opera­tes solu­ti­ons in the areas of fire and intru­sion detec­tion tech­no­logy, video surveil­lance, access control, alarm and emer­gency manage­ment, commu­ni­ca­tion and colla­bo­ra­tion solu­ti­ons, cloud services as well as IT and network infra­struc­ture. The group of compa­nies serves custo­mers from deman­ding indus­tries and fields of appli­ca­tion, inclu­ding health­care, public insti­tu­ti­ons, criti­cal infra­struc­tures, finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons and medium-sized companies. 

About Deut­sche Private Equity

Deut­sche Private Equity (DPE) has been a growth part­ner for medium-sized compa­nies in the German-spea­king region (DACH) since 2007. DPE supports port­fo­lio compa­nies with capi­tal, exper­tise and respect for entre­pre­neu­rial action to realize their full future poten­tial. The invest­ment focus is on five core sectors: Busi­ness Services, Energy & Envi­ron­ment, Health­care, Indus­trial Tech­no­logy and Soft­ware & IT Services. DPE curr­ently mana­ges assets of around three billion euros.