Construction and development company Heilijgers BV acquired by Klok Holding

Description

On behalf of Claassen, Moolenbeek & Partners, partners Wim Hulstein and Jan-Paul Kiefmann successfully managed the acquisition of Heilijgers BV by Klok Holding. Heilijgers (100 employees, revenue 2020 € 70M) was acquired on August 30 by the family-owned company Klok Holding (250 employees, revenue 2020 € 243M).

Sales process

The entire sales process was supervised from start to finish by Wim and Jan-Paul. They dealt with all aspects of the process:

• Business valuation
• Market search/longlist/shortlist
• Process support
• LOI/SPA

What did the entrepreneurs find from the guidance?

Rob Jansen & Arjan van Asselt (DGAs Heilijgers): 'Wim and Jan-Paul managed that process very well. We are very satisfied with the result, as is Klok Group'.

The takeover

The initiative for the takeover lay with the shareholders of the selling party: Heilijgers.

'This deal came about because there are many similarities strategically, we are a seamless fit geographically and in terms of culture we expect a very good match' said Ton van de Klok (CEO Klok Holding): 'With this acquisition we not only strengthen our position on the Dutch market, we now also have better access to the West of the Netherlands'. Arjan van Asselt (Director/shareholder Heilijgers) underlines the good combination: 'Klok is a solid family business and is constantly working on innovations, their experience center 'Liv' is a good example of this: a living experience center containing 4 life-size houses in different styles. These are good starting points for further strengthening and growing the position of Heilijgers.

Rob Jansen (Director/shareholder Heilijgers) looks back on a hectic and successful process. "There is a lot involved in an acquisition process. Because we are a project business, we have to work carefully. Wim and Jan-Paul managed the acquisition process very well.