MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EVI Industries, Inc. (NYSE American: EVI) announced today that it executed a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Sevierville, Tennessee based Laundry Systems of Tennessee and affiliates (the “Company”), a distributor of commercial, industrial, and vended laundry products and a provider of related installation and maintenance services to the new and replacement markets of the commercial laundry industry. The Company also leases commercial laundry equipment and sells chemicals and other laundry consumables to its customers. For over twenty-years, Laundry Systems of Tennessee has sustained a reputation and tradition of providing exceptional service while representing quality products to a diverse customer base. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Consideration of the purchase included a combination of cash and EVI common stock.
This acquisition expands EVI’s sales and service presence in the Southeast U.S., which coincides with EVI’s strategy to build density in geographic markets to improve customer service and through which EVI may pursue new growth opportunities. Given EVI’s operating model and to ensure continuity to the Company’s customers, employees, and trusted vendor partners, Laundry Systems of Tennessee will operate under its existing name and under the direction of Jeff and Tonya Large, President and Vice President of the Company, respectively.
Henry M. Nahmad, EVI’s Chairman and CEO, said: “We are honored to join the Large family and their team at Laundry Systems of Tennessee. Jeff and Tonya are successful entrepreneurs with a continued passion and commitment to growth. We are excited to collaborate with them and their team in the pursuit of our mutual long-term growth goals.”
EVI’s Buy-and-Build Strategy
Since November of 2016, EVI has acquired twelve businesses and is the fastest growing company in the commercial laundry industry with a four-year compounded annual growth rate for revenue of over 70%. EVI’s buy-and-build strategy includes, identifying and partnering with great businesses, retaining and empowering entrepreneurial leadership teams, allocating resources to accomplish high-growth objectives, establishing an ownership culture that rewards performance, and promoting collaboration in the pursuit of best operating practices, innovative ideas, and growth.
Mr. Nahmad added: “We remain very active in our pursuit of additional acquisitions of and strategic investments in other great businesses in our industry and in those industries that meet our financial and strategic criteria. Given our record, reputation, and appetite for significant growth, we believe EVI is well-positioned to capitalize on a growing number of opportunities.”
The transaction is expected to close upon the satisfaction of closing conditions.
About EVI Industries
EVI Industries, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a distributor that sells, leases, and rents commercial, industrial, and vended laundry and dry cleaning equipment and steam and hot water boilers manufactured by others, supplies related replacement parts and accessories, designs and plans turn-key laundry, dry cleaning, and boiler systems, and provides installation and maintenance services to thousands of customers, which include commercial, industrial, institutional, government, and retail customers. These activities are conducted in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Forward-Looking Statements
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