NCI SAS, Fonds Entrepreneurial Territorial de Transformation, Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France, Vincent Dejonghe, founder of Proferm, Etienne Gruyez, general manager, Julie Gagno; Xavier Delaforge; Thomas Leu, ; Jose Julio and Laury Marien (executives) acquired an unknown majority stake in Proferm Multitechniques SAS from Initiative & Finance on February 1, 2023. Proferm to remain independent. Proferm has a team of 210 people, mostly located on the Douvrin production site in Pas-de-Calais, and ?40 million in turnover. Team led by Jérôme Pin of UBS acted as financial advisor to the buyer. Team led by Olivier Renault of Lamartine Conseil acted as legal advisor to the buyer. Team led by Benoit Losfeld of EY Avocats provided legal advice to the acquirer. Team led by Pierre Mage of Cabinet Selescope acted as HR Advisor to the acquirer. Team led by Matthieu Jaud de la Jousselinière of EY provided Financial Due Diligence to the acquirer. Team led by Sébastien Rouzaire of Kerius Finance acted as Interest rate hedging advisor to the acquirer. Ernst & Young acted as financial due diligenece advisor to NCI SAS, Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France, Groupe IRD SA, Vincent Dejonghe, Etienne Gruyez.

NCI SAS, Fonds Entrepreneurial Territorial de Transformation, Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France, Vincent Dejonghe, founder of Proferm, and Etienne Gruyez, general manager completed the acquisition of an unknown majority stake in Proferm Multitechniques SAS on February 1, 2023.