M&A Deal Summary

EQT and Stonepeak Acquire DELTA Fiber Netherlands

On December 6, 2016, private equity firm EQT and infrastructure investor Stonepeak acquired communications company DELTA Fiber Netherlands for 488M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 8th and Stonepeak’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is EQT’s 30th and Stonepeak’s 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is EQT’s 4th and Stonepeak’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-12-06
Target DELTA Fiber Netherlands
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) EQT
Stonepeak
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 488M EUR

Target

DELTA Fiber Netherlands

Schiedam, Netherlands
DELTA Fiber Netherlands is the owner and operator of fiber telecom infrastructure in the Netherlands. DELTA Fiber provides high-speed broadband, TV, and fixed telephony to households and businesses connected to its superior FTTH and coax network in the Netherlands. DELTA Fiber Netherlands is based in Schiedam, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 2

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 156 of 318
Sector: Communications M&A 8 of 16
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 58 of 84
Country: Netherlands M&A 4 of 7
Year: 2016 M&A 16 of 21
Size (of disclosed) 30 of 44
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-02 AutoStore

Nedre Vats, Norway

AutoStore is an automated robotic storage and retrieval system equipment and software manufacturer for the warehouse & distribution end-market. The Company has developed proprietary software and robotics technology for collection of warehouse-stored goods, providing significant improvements in warehouse capacity and packing / picking performance. AutoStore was founded in 1996 and is based in Nedre Vats , Norway.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-07 Fertin

Vejle, Denmark

Fertin develops and manufactures pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products for leading global companies to support healthier living. Fertin’s product portfolio has a broad variety of current and possible application areas including Nicotine Replacement Therapy, oral care, gastrointestinal, pain and allergy management, cough and cold, and much more. Fertin was founded in 1915 and is based in Vejle, Denmark.

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Buyer

Stonepeak

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 73.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Stonepeak is a private equity firm focused on North American infrastructure investing. Specific areas of interest include energy assets, power/renewables, transportation, utilities, water, and communications. Stonepeak was formed in 2011 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 44
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-22 Ironclad Energy Partners

Lombard, Illinois, United States

Ironclad Energy Partners was formed with power industry veterans for the purpose of acquiring, developing, owning, operating and making capital investments in middle-market power and utility infrastructure assets. Together with Stonepeak, Ironclad plans to acquire power generation, district energy and utility assets and improve them commercially, technically, and/or operationally, in order to increase their value to customers and investors.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-02 Cologix

Denver, Colorado, United States

Cologix is a network-neutral interconnection and colocation company that provides massively scalable interconnection services and secure, reliable colocation services in densely connected, strategically located data centers. Cologix was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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