M&A Deal Summary

Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires Central Area Transmission System

On June 14, 2014, infrastructure investor Antin Infrastructure Partners acquired infrastructure company Central Area Transmission System from BG Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Antin Infrastructure Partners’ 4th transaction in the Infrastructure sector.
  • This is Antin Infrastructure Partners’ 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-06-14
Target Central Area Transmission System
Sector Infrastructure
Buyer(s) Antin Infrastructure Partners
Sellers(s) BG Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Central Area Transmission System

United Kingdom
Central Area Transmission System (“CATS”), which comprises a gas pipeline, an offshore riser platform and an onshore processing facility. Central Area Transmission System is based in United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Antin Infrastructure Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 31.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Antin Infrastructure Partners is an infrastructure investment firm focused on opportunities throughout the Europe. Antin looks for assets with low technology risk and limited operating risk. Specific areas of interest include transportation (toll roads, airports, ports, car parks), energy/environment (gas storage, LNG terminals, energy transmission, distribution, water infrastructure, waste management), and telecom (GSM towers, ADSL networks, broadcast networks, cable networks, and satellites). The lead sponsor of Antin is BNP Paribas. Antin Infrastructure Partners was established in 2007 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 42
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 13
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-01 Westerleigh Group

Bristol, United Kingdom

Westerleigh Group is an independent owner and operator of crematoria in the UK. Westerleigh Group was founded in 1990 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 Kellas Midstream

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Kellas Midstream is a midstream infrastructure business in the UK which transports gas from the Central and Southern North Sea areas to the UK, where it is then processed on behalf of major North Sea gas producers. Kellas Midstream is based in Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

BG Group

Reading, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees5,422
Revenue 19.3B GBP (2014)
DESCRIPTION

BG Group plc is an oil and gas company.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-05 Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Assets - BG Group

United States

Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Assets are in the Danville, Waskom and Holly fields in East Texas and North Louisiana, including and above the Cotton Valley formation.

Sell $131M