Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Portfolio Company NMi Acquires ExVeritas

Netherlands Measurement Institute (“NMi”), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (“LLCP”), announced today that it has acquired ExVeritas Ltd. (“ExVeritas”). ExVeritas is an internationally accredited and leading certification body focused on people and product safety.

Founded in 2005, ExVeritas provides OEM manufacturers with the crucial certifications that are needed to sell their products onto national and international markets. Next to market access services, the company offers certifications and training for people, systems and sites to its global customer base. ExVeritas operates offices and test facilities in the UK, US and Denmark, as well as training facilities in Malta and Ireland.

Yvo Jansen, NMi Group CEO, commented, “Partnering with ExVeritas is a landmark development in our efforts to expand certification capabilities in our market access services. The expertise of ExVeritas addresses a market need for premium product safety certifications and enables NMi’s client base to benefit from an extended certification offering that now encompasses Metrology, Cybersecurity, and Product Safety.”

Josh Kaufman, Head of Europe at LLCP, added, “We are excited to back the NMi Group in its strategic acquisition of ExVeritas, which immediately expands the range of certifications the company can offer to its global client base. We’re eager to keep supporting the NMi Group as the company continues its ongoing acquisition strategy and we are excited about the additional attractive opportunities we are seeing.”

NMi’s acquisition of ExVeritas is the company’s sixth acquisition during LLCP’s ownership.

NMi is a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe II SCSp.

About Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a middle-market private equity firm with a 40-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including Business Services, Franchising & Multi-unit, Education & Training and Engineered Products & Manufacturing. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. LLCP believes that by investing in a combination of debt and equity securities, it offers management teams growth capital in a highly tailored, flexible investment structure that can be a more attractive alternative than traditional private equity.

LLCP’s global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by 10 partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 20 years. Since inception, LLCP has managed approximately $15.2 billion of institutional capital across 15 investment funds and has invested in over 100 portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages $9.0 billion of assets and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.