M&A Deal Summary

CropEnergies Acquires Ensus

On July 23, 2013, CropEnergies acquired agriculture company Ensus from Riverstone Holdings and The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CropEnergies’ 1st transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is CropEnergies’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-07-23
Target Ensus
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) CropEnergies
Sellers(s) Riverstone Holdings
The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ensus

Teesside, United Kingdom
Ensus operates a larges cereal grain biorefineries at Wilton on Teesside in North East England. Ensus refines locally grown animal feed wheat to produce over 400 million litres of bioethanol, 350 thousand tonnes of high protein animal feed, and 300 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide for use in soft drinks and food production each year.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CropEnergies

Mannheim, Germany

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Agriculture
Employees57
Revenue 5M EUR (2025)
DESCRIPTION

CropEnergies is a European manufacturer of sustainably produced bioethanol, neutral alcohol and food and animal feed. CropEnergies was founded in 2006 and is based in Mannheim, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Riverstone Holdings

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 40.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Riverstone Holdings is a large specialist asset management and private equity firm focused on opportunities in the energy and power industry. Specific areas of interest include oil & gas exploration, midstream transportation/logistics, electric generation, energy & power service, power infrastructure, and energy & power technology. Riverstone Holdings was formed in 2000 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 61
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 17 of 32
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 7
Year: 2013 M&A 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-02 Bridger Logistics

Addison, Texas, United States

Bridger Logistics LLC is a provider of integrated crude oil midstream services. It operates an integrated portfolio of crude-focused midstream assets that generate fee-based income by providing crude oil transportation and logistics services on behalf of oil and gas producers, marketers and end-users of crude oil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-01 Pattern Energy Group

San Francisco, California, United States

Pattern Energy Group LP owns and operates renewable energy facilities. Pattern Energy business is built around three core values of creative energy and spirit, the pride of ownership and follow-through, and a team-first attitude, which guide us in creating a safe, high-integrity work environment, applying rigorous analysis to all aspects of business, and proactively working with our stakeholders to address environmental and community concerns.

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SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 230 of 488
Sector: Agriculture M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 107 of 202
Country: United Kingdom M&A 15 of 37
Year: 2013 M&A 12 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-03 Chesapeake

Old Amersham, United Kingdom

Chesapeake is a manufacturer of value-added specialty paperboard packaging, including folding cartons, leaflets and labels for the pharmaceutical, confectionary and drinks markets, as well as rigid plastic packaging for niche markets in Europe and Africa.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-07 Simplex

Japan

Simplex is an integrated software and system solution providers of core front-end dealing systems and middle-office risk management solutions to Japanese financial institutions.

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