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M&A Deal Summary

Electra Acquires Eversholt Rail Group

On February 1, 1996, private equity firm Electra acquired financial services company Eversholt Rail Group for 626M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Electra’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Electra’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Electra’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Eversholt Rail Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 1997 for 726M GBP.
  • Eversholt Rail Group was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2010 for 2.1B GBP.
  • Eversholt Rail Group was sold to management in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1996-02-01
Target Eversholt Rail Group
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Electra
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 626M GBP

Target

Eversholt Rail Group

London, United Kingdom
Eversholt Rail Group is one of the three rail rolling stock companies in the UK. It owns approximately 29% of the total current British rail fleet with 19 fleets of rolling stock, specifically designed and built for the UK rail network.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Electra

London, United Kingdom

Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
PE ASSETS 800M GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Electra is an investment trust quoted on the London Stock Exchange that specializes in private equity investments. Electra's primary focus is on opportunities across Western Europe in a broad array of industries. Electra Private Equity is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 36
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 5 of 18
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 27
Year: 1996 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 22
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-09-01 The Stationery Office Group

Norwich, United Kingdom

The Stationery Office (TSO) was a supplier to Parliament and the Government of publishing, passport production, document management, printing and business supplies.

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