M&A Deal Summary

Actis Capital Acquires MFE Formwork Technology Sdn. Bhd.

On August 9, 2007, private equity firm Actis Capital acquired building materials company MFE Formwork Technology Sdn. Bhd. from Mivan for 75M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 13th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 2nd transaction in Malaysia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-08-09
Target MFE Formwork Technology Sdn. Bhd.
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Actis Capital
Sellers(s) Mivan
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 75M USD

Target

MFE Formwork Technology Sdn. Bhd.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
MFE Formwork Technology Sdn. Bhd. designs aluminium formwork systems which are used for the construction of repetitive concrete structures, such as condominiums.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Actis Capital

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 26.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Actis Capital is a private equity firm focused on investments in emerging markets. Actis segments its investment activity into three areas. These include private equity, energy, and real estate. Actis' private equity team looks for buyout and growth capital opportunities requiring at least $50 million in financing. Depending on the situation, Actis will consider both controlling and minority investment situations. Sectors of interest include financial services, consumer and retail, business services, and industrial. Actis' energy group seeks to invest in in a variety of energy and utility projects. Actis' real estate team invests equity capital in office, residential, industrial, hotel and retail projects. Actis Capital was established in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 58 of 163
Sector: Building Materials M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: Malaysia M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2007 M&A 9 of 13
Size (of disclosed) 13 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-09 Unza

Malaysia

Unza is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products like face creams, shampoos, deodorants.

Sell $246M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-23 Alexander Forbes

Sandton, South Africa

Alexander Forbes is an insurance broker, asset multi-manager, and financial services company that impacts people’s lives by delivering insight and advice to individuals, employers, and retirement funds. Alexander Forbes was founded in 1935 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.

Buy $1.2B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Mivan

Antrim, Ireland

Category Company
Sector Construction
DESCRIPTION

Mivan is a european construction company.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Malaysia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1