M&A Deal Summary

Partners Group AG Acquires Guardian Early Learning Group

On February 2, 2016, asset manager Partners Group AG acquired consumer services company Guardian Early Learning Group from Navis Capital Partners for 440M AUD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Partners Group AG’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Partners Group AG’s 17th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Partners Group AG’s 5th transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-02-02
Target Guardian Early Learning Group
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) Partners Group AG
Sellers(s) Navis Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 440M AUD

Target

Guardian Early Learning Group

Sydney, Australia
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Guardian is currently the second largest operator of private childcare services in Australia. The group currently owns and manages 69 childcare centres across the country, providing education and care for over 5,700 children daily.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Partners Group is a global investment management firm with a variety of funds and institutional clients. The Firm's direct investment group looks to invest in or acquire market leading companies with growth opportunities linked to technology. Partners is a hands-on investor and looks to actively support its portfolio companies with expansion, operational, and governance structure support. Partners Group was established in 1996 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 87
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 15 of 51
Country (Australia) 5 of 8
Year (2016) 4 of 12
Size (of disclosed) 17 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-04 Hortigil Hortifruti S.A.

Cariacica, Brazil

Hortigil Hortifruti S.A. is a retails horticulture, fruits, and food products in Brazil.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-12 Aavas Financiers

Jaipur, India

Aavas Financiers is a non-banking finance company involved in providing house loans, primarily in the un-served, unreached and under-served market. Aavas Financiers was formed in 2011 and is based in Jaipur, India.

Buy Rs9.5B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Navis Capital Partners

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Navis Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on buyouts, recapitalizations and financial restructurings in Southeast Asia. Navis looks to invest between $15 and $100 million of equity per transaction in companies with up to $500 million in revenue. Navis does not specialize in any specific sector. Navis Capital Partners was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 38
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 4 of 10
Country (Australia) 5 of 10
Year (2016) 2 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-27 Golden Foods Siam

Bangkok, Thailand

Golden Foods Siam is a fully integrated chicken processor which is one of the top exporters of cooked chicken products from Thailand. The operations in Thailand consist of rearing and breeder farms, a hatchery (Chonburi), 70 broiler farms, 2 primary processing plants (Lamlooka and Ongkarak) and a further processing plant (Ongkarak). Sales offices are situated in the United Kingdom, Holland and Thailand with a support office in Bangkok (LadPrao). Golden Foods Siam was founded in 1991 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-01 Oriental Group

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Oriental Group is a Chinese restaurant group in Malaysia specialising in fine Cantonese cuisine while preserving traditional aspects of Chinese culinary in taste, aroma and style. Oriental Group is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

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