CV1 to acquire Bright People Technologies and completes $10.5 million placement to institutional and sophisticated investors
Highlights
~ CV1 to acquire Bright People Technologies (“Bright”), a cloud-based workforce credentials and compliance software company, operating under a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) business model
~ Acquisition Enterprise Value of $15.3m1 , with $12.0m in scrip issued at completion and to be held in voluntary escrow until 31 December 2022
~ The combination of CV1 and Bright will create a credentials-based workforce management capability built on Bright’s workforce compliance strength and the CVCheck platform’s highly automated verification workflows and HRIS integrations
~ In FY202 , Bright generated revenues of $4.9m, 85% gross margin and EBITDA of $1.7m
~ Bright’s clients include BHP, Roy Hill, Woodside, Atlas Iron, WaterCorp and the NT Government
~ Bright’s Chairman and largest shareholder, Mr Jon Birman, will be appointed to the CV1 board as a Non-Executive Director and Bright Executives, Petra Nelson and Declan Hoare, will join the CV1 Executive Management Team
~ The transaction is conditional on CV1 shareholder approval, certain conditions precedent and customary closing conditions
~ CV1’s largest shareholder, the Carolan Family (~16%3 ), have given a statement that they currently intend to vote in favour of the acquisition
~ $10.5m (before costs) raised through a strongly supported share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors (“Placement”)
DISC: I hold