M&A Deal Summary

Ardian and Tozzi Green Acquire 3 New

On July 20, 2011, private equity firm Ardian and Tozzi Green acquired energy services and equipment company 3 New

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 5th and Tozzi Green’s 1st transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 11th and Tozzi Green’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-07-20
Target 3 New
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Buyer(s) Ardian
Tozzi Green
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

3 New

Rovereto, Italy
3 New manages a portfolio totaling 462 MW in gross capacity which includes solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biomass plants located across Italy. 3 New is based in Rovereto, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 168 of 464
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 5 of 10
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: Italy M&A 11 of 37
Year: 2011 M&A 10 of 18
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-03 RAIL.ONE

Neumarkt, Germany

Rail.One is a player in the railway industry whose high-level expertise is sought particularly in European infrastructure projects.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-21 Com Hem AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Com Hem offers broadband, TV, play and telephony services to Swedish households and companies. The company plays an important role in Sweden’s ongoing digitalisation push, with its powerful and future-proofed broadband network that covers half of the country’s households, reaching approximately 1.5 million customers.

Sell $2.6B
Buyer

Tozzi Green

Mezzano, Italy

Category Company
Sector Renewable Energy
DESCRIPTION

Tozzi Green is a pioneering company in the production of renewable energy that operates in the energy sector, proposing itself as EPC and O&M contractor of plants from renewable energy sources. Tozzi Green is based in Mezzano, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1