M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Benesse Holdings

On November 10, 2023, private equity firm EQT acquired education company Benesse Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 6th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is EQT’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-11-10
Target Benesse Holdings
Sector Education
Buyer(s) EQT
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Benesse Holdings

Okayama, Japan
Benesse Holdings is a provider of education services for all ages and is a household brand within the domestic education sector. Benesse Holdings was founded in 1955 and is based in Okayama, Japan.

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Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 290 of 317
Sector (Education) 6 of 8
Type (Going Private) 19 of 23
Country (Japan) 1 of 2
Year (2023) 11 of 16
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