Gi Group Holding S.r.l. entered into an agreement to acquire European Staffing business of Kelly Services, Inc. (NasdaqGS:KELY.A) for ?130 million.
November 01, 2023
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Gi Group Holding S.r.l. entered into an agreement to acquire European Staffing business of Kelly Services, Inc. (NasdaqGS:KELY.A) for ?130 million on November 2, 2023. The transaction price includes cash consideration of ?100 million and an additional earnout potential of up to ?30 million. The transaction is subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024.
DLA Piper LLP (US) is serving as legal counsel to Kelly. Phelim O'Doherty, Federica Longo, Pietro Bernasconi and Alessandra Calabrese of Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie acted as legal advisors and Deloitte Financial Advisory Services S.p.A acted as financial advisors and Deloitte Italy S.p.A as Accountant to Gi Group Holding S.r.l.
Kelly Services, Inc. is a specialty talent and workforce solutions provider operating throughout the world. The Company operates through five segments: Professional & Industrial (P&I), Science, Engineering & Technology (SET), Education, Outsourcing & Consulting Group (OCG) and International. P&I segment delivers staffing, outcome-based and permanent placement services, providing administrative, accounting and finance, light industrial and contact center staffing and other workforce solutions in the United States and Canada. The SET segment delivers staffing, outcome-based and permanent placement services focused on science and clinical research, engineering, technology and telecommunications specialties. Its OCG segment delivers talent solutions including managed service provider (MSP), payroll process outsourcing (PPO), recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and talent advisory services. International segment also delivers RPO talent solutions within its local markets.