M&A Deal Summary

DIF Capital Partners Acquires Loimua

On July 1, 2019, infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners acquired utilities company Loimua from Elenia

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DIF Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Utilities sector.
  • This is DIF Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Finland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-07-01
Target Loimua
Sector Utilities
Buyer(s) DIF Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Elenia
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Loimua

Hameenlinna, Finland
Loimua is an owns and operates 16 district heating networks across Finland with a total network length of 499km, via which it operates in 10 municipalities and serves approximately 85,000 end-customers. Loimua was founded in 1995 and is based in Hameenlinna, Finland.

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Buyer

DIF Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Infrastructure
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 16.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

DIF Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on infrastructure and real assets. The Firm targets opportunities across Europe, North America, and Australia and generally looks to commit €10 to €250 per transaction or project. Targeted assets include telecom infrastructure, rail, energy and non-regulated utility sectors. DIF Capital Partners was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in Schiphol, Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 35
Sector (Utilities) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 4
Country (Finland) 1 of 3
Year (2019) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-16 BluEarth Renewables

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

BluEarth Renewables is an independent, power producer that develops, builds, owns and operates wind, hydro and solar facilities. BluEarth Renewables was founded in 2010 and is based in Calgary, Alberta.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-27 Cinia

Helsinki, Finland

Cinia is involved in designing and operating intelligent connectivity and ICT solutions to IoT and Cloud. Cinia was founded in 1998 based is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Elenia

Tampere, Finland
Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Utilities
DESCRIPTION

Elenia is an electricity distribution network in Finland. The Elenia Group includes the electricity network company Elenia Verkko Oyj and Elenia Oy, which specializes in energy services. Elenia was founded in 2012 and is based in Tampere, Finland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Utilities) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Finland) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
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