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    Home»Sections»Investment»Alviva agrees to buy rival Tarsus for R185-million

    Alviva agrees to buy rival Tarsus for R185-million

    Investment By Duncan McLeod12 November 2020
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    Alviva Holdings CEO Pierre Spies

    Technology group Alviva Holdings said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy rival Tarsus Technology Group for a maximum consideration of R185.4-million in cash.

    TechCentral first reported in mid-October that Alviva was in discussions to buy Tarsus, prompting Alviva to file a regulatory notice to shareholders via the JSE confirming that the talks were taking place.

    Tarsus, which was previously known as MB Technologies and which was previously listed on the JSE, was founded in the mid-1980s by businessmen Leo Baxter and Mike McGrath, neither of whom are still involved.

    The group said it has agreed to buy Tarsus to expand its existing IT distribution businesses, mainly Axiz and Pinnacle

    Alviva CEO Pierre Spies is a former CEO at Tarsus and so understands the business intimately. The sale will provide an exit to shareholders, including banking group Investec.

    Tarsus Technology Group has two main operating subsidiaries: Tarsus Distribution, which owns South African, Botswanan and Namibian IT distribution operations, and Tarsus on Demand, which operates a cloud solutions business.

    Excluded

    Excluded from the transaction is the GAAP Point-of-Sale software business, which will be distributed, prior to Alviva’s acquisition, to the current shareholders, Alviva said.

    The group said it has agreed to buy Tarsus to expand its existing IT distribution businesses (mainly Axiz and Pinnacle) into the retail customer segment where Alviva has limited exposure. It will also expand its product baskets by adding new vendors, it said, as well as give it greater exposure in other African markets. Lastly, it will get access to a cloud solutions business that is “significantly larger” than Alviva’s.

    The deal is subject to several conditions, including successful approval by the competition authorities – something that could prove a sticking point if another IT distributor takes exception to the deal. – © 2020 NewsCentral Media

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