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Tetra Tech expands its global operations with acquisition of RPS Group

  • Tetra Tech expands its global operations with acquisition of RPS Group
  • Advances Tetra Tech’s Global High-End Consultancy in Water, Environment, and Sustainable Infrastructure.
  • Expands Global Leadership in Energy Transformation, Environmental Management, and Data Analytics.
  • Strengthens United Kingdom and Australia Operations and Establishes European Union Practice.
  • RPS Group plc Board unanimously recommends Tetra Tech's bid of 222 pence per share.

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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services. The Company supports government and commercial clients by providing innovative solutions focused on water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy.

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Tetra Tech, a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, has reached an agreement with RPS Group on the terms of an all-cash acquisition of RPS Group for 222 pence per share. The Acquisition has been unanimously recommended by the Board of Directors of RPS Group.

The combined 26,000 RPS Group and Tetra Tech associates will establish a premier global consultancy in water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, and energy transformation. The RPS Group employs 5,000 associates in Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, and North America, delivering high-end solutions especially in energy transformation, water, and program management for government and commercial clients. Tetra Tech is a global high-end consultancy with #1 rankings in both water and environmental management as published in Engineering News-Record. Its 21,000 associates are technical experts in delivering more than 70,000 projects per year around the world.

The RPS Group significantly expands Tetra Tech’s water practice in the United Kingdom, and enhances Tetra Tech’s leading position in renewable energy and environmental management. The combination further strengthens our geographic presence in the United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia. The RPS Group and Tetra Tech are culturally aligned and together will use a Leading with Science®approach to address critical issues such as climate change, resiliency, and energy transformation. The combination of the RPS Group and Tetra Tech also advances both companies’ strategies to provide high-end consulting with an emphasis on advanced data analytics and unique software applications, such as those in water management, ocean analytics and contaminant modeling.

The combined 26,000 RPS Group and Tetra Tech associates will establish a premier global consultancy in water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, and energy transformation

“The RPS Group advances our long-term strategy to enhance our position as the premier global high-end consulting and engineering firm focused on water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, and energy transformation.” said Dan Batrack, Tetra Tech Chairman and CEO. “We welcome the RPS Group’s associates to join us and collectively leverage our long-term client relationships and project experience. As a global consultancy with a commitment to high-end solutions, we can offer our expanded team of associates even greater professional opportunities.”

Ken Lever, Non-Executive Chairman of RPS commented, “The Board of RPS is pleased to recommend Tetra Tech’s offer, which provides our shareholders with even greater value for their shares. Our combination with Tetra Tech will provide attractive opportunities and long-term benefits to our associates and global clients.”

Furthermore, John Douglas, Chief Executive of RPS explained, “Joining Tetra Tech represents a highly attractive combination of two leading companies in the industry for our clients and provides an ideal opportunity for our people to realize RPS’ goals to meaningfully contribute to the world’s most challenging problems in energy transformation and water management around the world. I am very excited about the future of our combined company and the benefits for our people and clients. By joining together, Tetra Tech provides RPS and its employees with a strong and culturally aligned platform that creates a pre-eminent consulting and engineering firm addressing climate change and all its effects.”

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