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Kinea Acquires Minority stake in Verzani & Sandrini for R$150m (em português)

December 1, 2020

Kinea, the alternative asset management subsidiary of Brazil-based financial services group Itaú, acquired a minority stake in Brazilian security, maintenance, and facilities management company Verzani & Sandrini, for R$150m.

(Clipping Medialink) A gestora de private equity Kinea fechou a compra de participação minoritária no Verzani & Sandrini e vai ajudar a acelerar a estratégia de aquisições do grupo paulista. Este é conhecido principalmente pela atuação no mercado de segurança (patrimonial, pessoal e eletrônica) e no segmento de limpeza (gestão do serviço de higienização) para shoppings, hospitais e indústrias. A Kinea vai desembolsar cerca de R$ 150 milhões na transação, parte para o caixa e parte para compra de ações dos atuais sócios, apurou o Valor.

O setor já atraiu outros fundos de private equity, como Warburg Pincus e Gávea, dado que o universo de empresas prestadoras de serviço é extenso e por isso os fundos veem oportunidde consolidação. A própria Verzani & Sandrini já tem um fundo em sua composição acionária – a NEO Investimentos está na companhia desde 2017 e vai continuar na sociedade com a entrada da Kinea. Ambas têm assento no conselho de administração.

O empresário Dalton Verzani, fundador do grupo, começou o negócio há 53 anos fazendo limpezas de caixas d’água. Atualmente, tem mais de mil empresas como clientes. Opera em 25 Estados, com 48 mil funcionários. “Começamos prestando serviço de limpeza dentro das indústrias no ABC Paulista e hoje é multisserviço, em facilities, segurança, manutenção”, diz Fábio Sandrini, presidente da companhia. Filho do fundador, Sandrini é o único membro da família que continua no negócio – o pai deixou o dia a dia da empresa há pouco mais de 10 anos e, com a entrada da NEO, a Verzani acelerou o processo de profissionalização de diretoria e formação de conselho.

“A companhia sempre cresceu organicamente em ritmo de dois dígitos por ano e agora queremos expandir também de forma inorgânica, comprando companhias menores, que tenham ‘fit’ com a Verzani, gerando sinergias e ganhos de escala”, diz Sandrini.

A Kineao já acompanhava o desempenho do grupo há quase cinco anos. “Como fazemos investimentos minoritários, buscamos companhias que sejam líderes nas suas áreas de atuação, com sócios de excelente reputação. A Verzani é a segunda maior companhia do setor, geradora de caixa e com capacidade relevante de ganho de participação num mercado hiper fragmentado”, diz Camilo Ramos, sócio-diretor da Kinea.

Mesmo com os altos e baixos da economia neste ano, o grupo conseguiu crescer e deve fechar 2020 com faturamento de R$ 2,2 bilhões, ante R$ 1,9 bilhão no ano passado. A projeção é chegar a R$ 2,6 bilhões em 2021. A resiliência em plena pandemia, explicam os sócios, está na diversificação. A companhia tem a maior carteira de shoppings, atendendo cerca de 200 empreendimentos, mas eles representam menos de 20% da receita. Assim, enquanto os shoppings ficaram fechados, os hospitais e os condomínios residenciais aumentaram a demanda por serviços de limpeza e segurança.

“Nosso investimento não tem relação com a crise, mas vemos que as líderes setoriais saem mais fortalecidas, enquanto as empresas menores e menos profissionalizadas sofrem mais com a perda de um cliente ou com um segmento mais afetado, já que têm atividade mais concentrada”, explica Ramos. O aperto da concorrência acaba abrindo mais espaço para aquisições.

Kinea Acquires Minority stake in Verzani & Sandrini for R$150m (em português) was last modified: December 8th, 2020 by csantos
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