Verisure IPO to value security services firm at up to $16 billion

OSLO (Reuters) -Switzerland-based security services company Verisure is targeting a valuation of up to 13.9 billion euros ($16.29 billion) in its planned initial public offering in Stockholm, it said on Monday.

The company announced on September 17 that it aims to list on Nasdaq Sweden and raise 3.1 billion euros in what could be one of Europe's largest initial public offerings in years.

Verisure plans to sell new shares at a price between 142 and 153 Swedish crowns, it said in its prospectus published on Monday, valuing the group at between 12.9 billion and 13.9 billion euros.

Proceeds from the offering will be used to reduce debt and fund the acquisition of ADT Mexico, as Verisure aims to maintain an annual growth rate of 10%, the company has said.

"The offering will also provide the existing investors and the management shareholders with the opportunity to monetise part of their investment," it said in a statement.

Verisure, created in 1988 as a unit of Swedish security group Securitas, was first spun off and went public in 2006 as Securitas Direct. The alarm systems provider is now majority-owned by U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.

The float comes amid a broader revival in Europe's IPO market after a sluggish first half of the year, when several listings were pulled due to trade tensions and concerns over escalating conflict in the Middle East.

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(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Essi Lehto and Louise Heavens)