M&A Deal Summary

ComfortDelGro Acquires Metroline

On March 1, 2000, ComfortDelGro acquired transportation company Metroline from Baird Capital Partners Europe

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ComfortDelGro’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is ComfortDelGro’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-03-01
Target Metroline
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) ComfortDelGro
Sellers(s) Baird Capital Partners Europe
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Metroline

London, United Kingdom
Metroline Ltd. is a provider of transport services in UK.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ComfortDelGro

Singapore, Singapore

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Transportation
Employees22,693
Revenue 3.9B SGD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

ComfortDelGro is a provider of transportation services. ComfortDelGro was founded in 2003 and is based in Singapore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 13
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 11
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 6
Year (2000) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-19 E. H Mundy holdings

London, United Kingdom

E. H Mundy holdings Ltd. which has a bus and coach operation in London under Armchair passenger Transport company. Armchair operates seven routes in the west of London with a fleet of 86 buses, reprsenting a market share of slightly over 1%. It has two two contracts to operate school buses and also operates a high-end coach services with 22 coaches serving incoming tourists to the United Kingdom.

Buy £6M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Baird Capital Partners Europe

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1971
PE ASSETS 2.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Baird Capital Partners Europe (BCPE) is the European private equity arm of Baird Private Equity. BCPE invests in lower middle-market companies generating revenues ranging from £10 and £100 million with an enterprise value of £10 - £50 million. Specific areas of interest include industrials, specialty consumer products, aerospace/defense, building materials, electrical equipment, oil/gas equipment, medical devices/equipment, human capital services, transaction processing, process outsourcing, professional/technical services, facilities management, environmental/waste, and marketing services. BCPE looks to invest between £5 and £20 million per transaction. Baird Capital Partners Europe was formed in 1971 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 32
Sector (Transportation) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 20
Country (United Kingdom) 4 of 24
Year (2000) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-01-01 Elan Computing

London, United Kingdom

Elan Computing Ltd. is a provider of IT recruitment consultancy services.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-06-01 Adams Healthcare

Leeds, United Kingdom

Adams Healthcare Ltd. is a manufacturer of medical products in UK.

Sell -