Investment Summary

DIF Capital Partners Invests In Touax Rail

On August 10, 2020, infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners invested in transportation company Touax Rail from Touax SCA

Investment Highlights
  • This is DIF Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is DIF Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Ireland.

Investment Summary

Date 2020-08-10
Target Touax Rail
Sector Transportation
Investor(s) DIF Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Touax SCA
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Touax Rail

Clonee, Ireland
Touax Rail offers a diversified fleet of wagons (intermodal, vans, automotive, coils, coal, tank, cement) and different operational and financial services, including ECM (Entity in Charge of Maintenance). Touax Rail was founded in 1955 and is based in Clonee, Irelaand.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

DIF Capital Partners


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 10 of 35
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 3
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 3 of 6
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-19 4th Utility

Cheshire, United Kingdom

4th Utility is a fibre-to-the-premise (“FTTP”) infrastructure developer and internet service provider based in Hale, Manchester (UK). 4th Utility is based in Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Touax SCA

Paris, France

Category Company
Sector Transportation
DESCRIPTION

Touax Group leases out tangible assets (freight railcars, river barges, and containers) on a daily basis throughout the world, for its own account and on behalf of third-party investors. With €1.2 billion under management, Touax Group is one of the European leaders in the operational leasing of this type of equipment.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1