Venture Capital Bank & Hanco successfully complete the Acquisition of Byrne Investment Limited

6th May 2014

Venture Capital Bank (VCBank) and HANCO acquired Byrne Investment Limited (BIL) and its subsidiary companies - Byrne Equipment Rental and Spacemaker. Byrne is one of the largest and most diversified equipment rental and modular space providers in the GCC as it operates in UAE, KSA, Oman and Qatar. Spacemaker is the leading manufacturer of modular structure in the GCC. The total transaction amount to approximately AED 600 million.

Established in 1992, Byrne is the largest general rental company in the Middle East with 450 employees and 13 offices and rental depots all over the GCC. With over 20 years of experience, Byrne is the leading provider of temporary power and tailor made engineering solutions for complex purpose-built structures that require fast track turn around and innovative transport solutions that suits a wide spectrum of sectors including Oil and Gas, Infrastructure, Construction, Project and Events, amongst other sectors.

On the occasion, Mr. Abdullatif Mohamed Janahi, Board member and CEO of VCBank, said: "This acquisition will surely add value to VCBank's investment portfolio which the Bank seeks to diversify industrially and geographically. It adheres to VCBank's strategy which is designed to generate consistent superior returns with reasonable risk from high-quality, rigorously-investigated, efficiently-structured and well-managed investment opportunities."

"Demand for rental in the GCC is set to increase as companies focus on outsourcing services previously managed in-house, driven by capital allocation and funding restraints. At the same time, demand for power significantly outstrips supply, and this shortfall is expected to increase over the medium- to long-term, on the back of a booming regional population and the increasing number of projects in the GCC. In addition, the GCC is emerging as a major hub for tourism, sports and international affairs, with a growing calendar of events demanding temporary power equipment and modular structure solutions." Concluded Mr. Janahi.  

About Hanco

Hanco is a Saudi Arabian Leasing, Car Rental, and Fleet Management Company established in 1976 and is now among the top 3 leasing companies in the Kingdom.