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M&A Deal Summary

3i Infrastructure Acquires Alpha Schools

On March 1, 2007, infrastructure investor 3i Infrastructure acquired education company Alpha Schools for 19M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is 3i Infrastructure’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is 3i Infrastructure’s 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is 3i Infrastructure’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Alpha Schools was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2013 for 21M GBP.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-03-01
Target Alpha Schools
Sector Education
Buyer(s) 3i Infrastructure
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 19M EUR

Target

Alpha Schools

London, United Kingdom
Alpha Schools was a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project in Scotland, involving the design, build, finance, and operation of 11 secondary schools across five local authorities. Alpha Schools was formed in 2005 and is based in London, England.

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Buyer

3i Infrastructure

St Helier, Channel Islands

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Category Infrastructure
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 3.9B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

3i Infrastructure plc is a listed infrastructure investment arm of 3i Group plc. 3i infrastructure invests mainly in Europe and Asia companies with stable underlying performance: asset-intensive businesses, providing essential services over the long term, often on a regulated basis, or with significant contracted revenues. The firm focuses on the Utilities, Transportation, and Social Infrastructure sectors through equity and junior or mezzanine debt investments in the range of £100m–£300 million per transaction. 3i infrastructure was formed in 2007 and is based in Jersey, Channel Islands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 31
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 10
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-01 Octagon Healthcare

London, United Kingdom

Octagon Healthcare Limited is a £229m project to design, build and maintain a new hospital in Norwich. Under a 35-year PFI contract, Octagon maintains the hospital. The NHS Trust is committed to make RPI-linked payments to cover the use and maintenance of the buildings and is responsible for the provision of all clinical services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-01 Thermal Conversion Compound Industriepark Höchst Höchst

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Thermal Conversion Compound Industriepark Höchst GmbH (T2C) was 3i's first infrastructure investment in Germany in 2007. T2C is a subsidiary of Infraserv Höchst, a leading site operator and service provider for the chemical, pharmaceutical and related process industries. 3i's long-term investment enables a project financing for the construction of a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility.

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