Finalisation of the sale of its property management business - EV
€440m
NEXITY REACHES A MAJOR MILESTONE IN ITS
TRANSFORMATION AND STEPS UP THE PACE OF ITS
DELEVERAGING, FINALISING THE SALE OF ITS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR
INDIVIDUALS BUSINESS TO INVESTMENT FIRM BRIDGEPOINT BASED ON AN
ENTERPRISE VALUE OF €440M
Paris, 2 April 2024, 5:45 p.m.
Major step in Nexity’s strategy of
refocusing on urban regeneration and new developments for the Real
Estate Services to Individuals businesses acquired by world-leading
investment firm Bridgepoint
The finalisation of this sale with Bridgepoint
is a new step in Nexity’s transformation as the Group refocuses its
business model on serving regions across France as an urban
operator. The pivot towards urban regeneration accelerated in 2023,
with the launch of Nexity Héritage, our expert brand, and the
signing of a nationwide agreement with Carrefour.
Through this transaction, Bridgepoint aims to
give the newly formed entity – a major French operator in real
estate services to individuals – the means to consolidate its
growth, with solutions tailored to customers spanning the entire
real estate value chain.
Strategic and financial partnership to
amplify synergies between real estate services to individuals and
Nexity
After the conditions precedent1 were met, and
following consultation with employee representative bodies, who
issued a unanimously favourable opinion, the sale to investment
firm Bridgepoint was finalised today, under the conditions
announced on 21 December 2023. The transaction includes a strategic
partnership between Nexity and the new entity, for a period of six
years (which may be renewed for a further four years), aimed at
boosting existing synergies with the Group’s development businesses
and securing their long-term future.
This transaction will also be an opportunity for
this new company, which has 3,100 employees (condominium
management, rental management, sales and lettings of existing
properties, and insurance brokerage), to continue and ramp up its
growth.
Stepping the pace of the Group’s
deleveraging
Based on an enterprise value of
€440 million, the sale proceeds of €400 million for
Nexity, received today, will be used to significantly step up the
pace of the Group’s deleveraging process (net debt amounted to
€776 million at year-end 2023). The Group’s solid liquidity at
year-end 2023 (€882 million in cash and €630 million in
undrawn credit facilities) has been bolstered by this sale.
Facilitating transformation
The capital gains realised on this sale give
Nexity the means to immediately implement the in-depth
transformation announced on 28 February, including the decision to
launch within the next few days the process of informing and
consulting with employee representative bodies prior to the
implementation of a redundancy plan (PSE in French), in order to
become a more agile, regionally focused, multi-product organisation
that is better suited to new market conditions, paving the way for
a rebound in 2025.
“I am very proud to continue successfully
rolling out the refocusing roadmap announced last year. On Nexity’s
behalf, I’d like to thank all our staff in the Property Management
for Individuals business, and wish them all the best alongside
their new shareholder, Bridgepoint. The finalisation of this sale
and the implementation of this strategic partnership are a major
milestone in the transformation of the Group’s business model
towards that of an urban operator focused on urban regeneration and
managed real estate, while stepping up the pace of its
deleveraging. Thanks to a more agile, deleveraged, regionally
focused, multi-product organisation, Nexity will be in a position
to capitalise on all the opportunities offered by the impending new
real estate cycle.” Véronique Bédague – Chairwoman and
Chief Executive Officer of Nexity
“We are very pleased to have finalised this
transaction, which, thanks to the synergies built up with Nexity,
should enable the new company to emerge as a major player in the
French real estate sector. It will allow the newly formed entity to
focus on developing tailored solutions to satisfy its customers and
respond to new demand, particularly regarding the energy
transition.”Vincent-Gaël Baudet – Partner, Head of
Bridgepoint Europe in France
NEXITY – LIFE TOGETHER With
€4.3 billion in revenue in 2023, Nexity is France’s leading
comprehensive real estate operator, with a nationwide presence and
business operations in all areas of real estate development and
services. Our strategy as a comprehensive real estate operator is
designed to serve all our clients: individuals, companies,
institutional investors and local authorities. Our corporate
purpose, “Life together”, expresses our commitment to creating
sustainable spaces, neighbourhoods and cities that let our clients
connect and reconnect. Nexity has been ranked France’s number-one
low-carbon project owner by BBCA for the fifth year in a row, is a
member of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), was included
in the Best Workplaces 2021 ranking and was awarded Great Place to
Work® certification in September 2022. Nexity is listed on the
SRD, Euronext’s Compartment A and the SBF 120.
CONTACTSGéraldine Bop – Head of
Financial Communications / +33 (0)6 23 15 40 56Anne-Sophie Lanaute
– Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communications / +33
(0)6 58 17 24 22investorrelations@nexity.frCyril Rizk – Media
Relations Manager / +33 (0)6 73 49 72 61 – presse@nexity.fr
About Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint is the reference middle-market
alternative asset manager in Europe, with c. €40 billion of assets
under management. With operations in France for over thirty years,
Bridgepoint is one of the principal international private equity
players locally. Bridgepoint’s investment team supports French SMEs
in the definition and execution of their strategy, in France and
abroad, thanks to its operations in Europe, the US and Asia.
Bridgepoint invests in high-quality businesses addressing resilient
and growing markets. Bridgepoint’s investments in France include
Balt, Groupe Bertrand / Burger King France, Empruntis, Kereis,
Primonial / La Financiere de l’Echiquier, and Vivacy. Bridgepoint
is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
(www.bridgepoint.eu)Contact: Rebecca David –
Image7 / rdavid@image7.fr / +33 (0)6 04 74 83 69
1 Approval obtained from the European Commission regarding
merger control procedures
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