M&A Deal Summary

Actis Capital Acquires Capital Properties

On January 1, 2007, private equity firm Actis Capital acquired real estate company Capital Properties

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 1st transaction in Tanzania.
Investment Fate
  • Capital Properties was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2013.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-01-01
Target Capital Properties
Sector Real Estate
Buyer(s) Actis Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Capital Properties

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Capital Properties comprises three office blocks on a single prime site in Dar es Salaam.

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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 52 of 163
Sector: Real Estate M&A 2 of 6
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 16 of 52
Country: Tanzania M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 3 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Inpac AB

Beijing, China

Inpac AB is a printed paper packaging (PPP) manufacturer supplying multinational companies operating in China. Riding on the surging demand from multinational companies to outsource packing to local Chinese companies,

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-05 Taizinai

China

Taizinai is a lactobacillus drink manufacturers in China.

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