M&A Deal Summary

Allegro Funds Pty Acquires Great Southern Rail

On March 30, 2015, distressed investor Allegro Funds Pty acquired leisure company Great Southern Rail from Serco Group for 20M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Allegro Funds Pty’s 2nd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Allegro Funds Pty’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Allegro Funds Pty’s 8th transaction in Australia.
Investment Fate
  • Great Southern Rail merged with another company in 2019.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-03-30
Target Great Southern Rail
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Allegro Funds Pty
Sellers(s) Serco Group
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 20M USD

Target

Great Southern Rail

Keswick, Australia
Great Southern Rail owns and operates the luxury trans-continental passenger rail services known as The Ghan, The Indian Pacific and The Overland. Great Southern Rail was founded in 1997 and is based in Keswick, Australia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Allegro Funds Pty

Sydney, Australia

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Distressed Investor
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 180M AUD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Allegro Funds is an independent private equity firm focused on mid-sized investment opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. The Firm will consider investing in businesses needing capital for growth, management buyouts, as well as more complex turnarounds and restructurings. Allegro's target investment size is A$10 to A$100 million in transactions valued up to A$300 million. Allegro is a generalist investor, however the Firm will not invest in property development, agriculture, or mining/exploration. Allegro Funds was formed in 2004 and is based in Sydney.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 21
Sector (Leisure) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 5
Country (Australia) 8 of 19
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-01 Custom Bus

Villawood, Australia

Custom Bus (‘Custom’) is Australia’s bus-body building company with a proud heritage, having produced its first vehicle in 1955. Custom Bus was founded in 1935 and is based in Villawood, Australia.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-11 TSC Group Holdings Pty

Wellington, Australia

TSC Group Holdings Pty Ltd is the holding company for the group of industrial services businesses that comprise Trilogy Servicing and Spectrum Fire & Security in Australia and Cowley Services in New Zealand.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Serco Group

Hook, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1929
Sector Business Services
Employees50,000
Revenue 4.9B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Serco provides world class business process outsourcing for customers it manages front, middle and back office programs. Our key service areas include customer interaction centres, direct marketing, loyalty and fulfilment programs, training design and delivery, customer relationship management software solutions and consultancy services. Serco Group was founded in 1929 and is based in Hook, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Leisure) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
Country (Australia) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-27 Serco - Transport Solutions Business

United Kingdom

Serco’s Transport Solutions business has specialized in the development and supply of complex traffic management systems for the monitoring and control of urban and intra-urban road networks, encompassing integrated traffic and incident management, decision support, bus tracking and passenger information through integrated user interfaces.

Sell £44M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-16 Intelenet Global Services Pvt.

Mumbai, India

Intelenet Global Services Pvt. Ltd. is a provider of business process outsourcing services worldwide. The firm offers services via telephone, email, Web, and standard mail. Intelent also provides transaction processing, finance & accounting and IT process consulting services.

Sell £250M