Investment Summary

CEPS Invests In NET4GAS

On September 29, 2023, CEPS invested in oil/gas exploration company NET4GAS from OMERS Infrastructure and Allianz Capital Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is CEPS’s 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is CEPS’s 1st transaction in Czech Republic.

Investment Summary

Date 2023-09-29
Target NET4GAS
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Investor(s) CEPS
Sellers(s) OMERS Infrastructure
Allianz Capital Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

NET4GAS

Nusle, Czech Republic
NET4GAS is the exclusive gas Transmission System Operator ("TSO"). N4G operates more than 3,800 km of pipelines providing international transit of natural gas across domestic transmission of natural gas to its partners transporting 45 billion m3 of natural gas annually. NET4GAS is based in Nusle, Czech Republic.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

CEPS

Prague, Czech Republic

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Utilities
DESCRIPTION

CEPS is a transmission system operator and is responsible for the maintenance and upgrading of 43 substations comprising 78 transformers, which allow electricity to be supplied from the transmission system to the distribution network, as well as 400kV lines with a total length of 3 735 km and 220kV lines with a total length of 1909 km. CEPS was founded in 1998 and is based in Prague, Czech Republic.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Czech Republic M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

OMERS Infrastructure

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Infrastructure
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 36.0B CAD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

OMERS Infrastructure is the infrastructure investment arm of Canadian pension plan OMERS. OMERS targets 'large-scale' infrastructure investments valued in excess of $1 billion where the firm can commit at least $200 million of equity capital. Prospective opportunities generally possess significant governmental or regulatory barriers to entry, as well as stable cash-flows linked to long-term contracts. Specific areas of interest include energy (generation, transmission and distribution networks), transportation (transportation gateways, rail corridors, ports and airports), institutional facilities (hospitals, long-term care facilities and schools), and government-regulated services (laboratory diagnostic services, satellite and other communications networks and land registry services). OMERS was formed in 1990 and is based in Toronto.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 18
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Czech Republic M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-07-03 Kenter

Duiven, Netherlands

Kenter is an energy infrastructure solutions business providing medium-voltage infrastructure (including transformers and switchgear), meters, battery storage, EV charging and heating solutions to over 28,000 commercial and industrial business. Kenter was founded in 2016 and is based in Duiven, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-03 LifeLabs

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

LifeLabs is a provider of more than 50 million laboratary tests to over 10 million patients and nearly 20,000 physicians across Canada. LifeLabs is based in Toronto, Canada.

Sell $985M
SELLER

Allianz Capital Partners

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 50.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Allianz Capital Partners is the asset management affiliate of the Allianz Group. The Firm operates in three segments, including Private Equity, Renewable Energy, and Infrastructure. The Private Equity investment group primarily pursues venture and private equity fund investments, however the group is an active co-investor, looking to support buyouts and growth capital financings in a variety of sectors. The Renewables Group seeks investments in long-term wind and solar projects. The Infrastructure team pursues energy and transportation infrastructure projects. Allianz Capital Partners was formed in 1996 and has offices in Munich, London, New York, and Singapore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Czech Republic M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-21 NeuConnect

London, United Kingdom

NeuConnect is an interconnector HVDC submarine power cable under construction between England and Germany. NeuConnect is based in London, United Kingdom.

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