IT firm Centric, owned by controversial businessman Gerard Sanderink, is being acquired by a consortium of Dutch entrepreneurs. The corporate introduced this on Monday morning. The acquisition nonetheless must be authorized by the Netherlands Authority for Shoppers & Markets (ACM).
Peter Wakkie, CEO Centric, studies in a press launch that Centric is lastly getting into calmer waters with the settlement.
Dutch roots
The consortium consists of, amongst others, Adriaan Mol, founding father of Mollie and Fowl, Ronald Bezuur, founder and CEO of Uniserver and Bram Bastiaansen, founding father of ACT Group. Imker Capital Companions, which has a majority within the consortium, is a completely self-financed investor with Dutch roots and a confirmed observe document within the subject of software program and IT Providers.
Willem Meijer, CEO of Centric, explains that after a cautious gross sales course of, Imker Capital Companions was chosen, with the consortium of Dutch entrepreneurs. “With this purchaser, we now have discovered a long-term investor who meets the factors that we because the board and with the supervisor of the shares have drawn up. Imker Capital Companions, along with the consortium companions, brings a substantial amount of information with them and is dedicated to supporting Centric for additional progress in keeping with our technique.”
Solide foundation
Hurt van Goor, funding director at Imker Capital Companions: ‘Centric has a stable basis that, regardless of a turbulent interval, affords perspective on a sustainable and unbiased future. Along with plenty of famend entrepreneurs from the Dutch software program and IT Providers sector, we carry experience and capital to remodel and strengthen Centric’s basis with the mandatory measures within the coming years, and to grab future progress alternatives.’
The transaction is predicted to shut in September. After the sale of the subsidiaries, the remaining Centric Holding will live on because of the settlement of the continued investigation process, the identify will probably be modified. Monetary particulars of the settlement are usually not disclosed.
The person affiliation acknowledged in a response that it’s happy with the takeover by a secure Dutch consortium. ‘This brings a interval of unrest round Centric to a detailed and permits us to collectively construct the longer term. The truth that the brand new get together is dedicated for the long run and desires to put money into Centric PSS merchandise evokes confidence.’
Centric on the street again
Centric has had a very good 12 months after an earlier free fall as a consequence of unrest surrounding CEO Gerard Sanderink with regards to satisfaction of its largest clients. The common ranking for the corporate elevated by 6% in 2023, as proven earlier this 12 months in a buyer satisfaction survey. It’s the largest improve of all suppliers within the annual survey of Eraneos (previously Quint) and Whitelane.
