M&A Deal Summary

3i Private Equity Acquires Audley Travel

On December 22, 2015, private equity firm 3i Private Equity acquired leisure company Audley Travel from Equistone

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is 3i Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is 3i Private Equity’s 69th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-12-22
Target Audley Travel
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) 3i Private Equity
Sellers(s) Equistone
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Audley Travel

Witney, United Kingdom
Audley Travel is a provider of tailor-made experiential travel to over 80 destination countries across six continents. The business benefits from high levels of loyalty with a large number of repeat customers and referrals. Audley Travel was founded in 1996 and is based in Witney, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

3i Private Equity

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1945
PE ASSETS 16.7B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

3i Private Equity is the private equity arm of 3i Group, a publicly held, global investment firm focused on private equity and infrastructure investing. 3i Private Equity generally targets buyout and growth capital financings and looks for opportunities across Europe, North America, and Asia. The Firm's targeted transaction range is €100 to €500 million. Industries of interest include business services, healthcare, consumer, media, oil/gas & power, technology, and financial services. 3i Group was originally formed in 1945 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 222 of 249
Sector (Leisure) 2 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 32 of 43
Country (United Kingdom) 69 of 71
Year (2015) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-17 Element Materials Technology

London, United Kingdom

Element Materials Technology is a provider of testing, inspection, and certification services for a diverse range of products, materials, and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure in use is not an option. The company's scientists, engineers, and technologists, working in our global network of over 200 laboratories, support customers from early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals, and into production ensuring their products are safe and sustainable, and achieve market access. Element Materials Technology was formed in 2011 and is based in London.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-18 AMOR

Obertshausen, Germany

AMOR is a wholesaler and in-store retailer of jewellery. AMOR sources, distributes, and supplies precious metal and non-precious metal jewellery to large-scale retail outlets.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Equistone

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 9.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equistone is a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-sized companies valued from €50 to €500 million. Equistone targets companies operating in the fields of services, healthcare, financial services, and consumer/travel. The Firm looks to invest €25 to €200 million in a variety of transactions, including buyouts, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, and take privates. Equistone was formed in 1997 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 137 of 194
Sector (Leisure) 4 of 4
Type (Secondary Buyout) 63 of 91
Country (United Kingdom) 64 of 84
Year (2015) 13 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-11 UK Power Reserve

London, United Kingdom

UK Power Reserve Ltd. is an independent operator, generating reserve power in times of critical need via its 185MW portfolio. UK Power Reserve Ltd. highly flexible distributed energy generating assets are spread across 32 locations in England and Wales and comprise 533 MW in operation with a further 480 MW in construction and development expected to come online by 2019.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-08 Sogetrel

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Sogetrel is a provider of communication network services, with turnkey solutions for the deployment, connection and commissioning of customers telecommunication networks. Sogetrel was founded in 1985 and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

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