M&A Deal Summary

Esken Acquires London Southend Airport Company

On December 10, 2008, Esken acquired infrastructure company London Southend Airport Company from Regional Airports for 21M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Esken’s 1st transaction in the Infrastructure sector.
  • This is Esken’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Esken’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-12-10
Target London Southend Airport Company
Sector Infrastructure
Buyer(s) Esken
Sellers(s) Regional Airports
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 21M GBP

Target

London Southend Airport Company

Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
London Southend Airport Company Ltd. operates an airport.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Esken

St Peter Port, Channel Islands

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Transportation
Employees678
Revenue 120M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Esken is a infrastructure and support services business operating in the biomass energy, railway maintenance and aviation sectors as well as having investments in a property and logistics portfolio. Esken was founded in 2002 and is based in St Peter Port, Channel Islands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Infrastructure) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 2
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-21 O Connors

United Kingdom

O'Connors is a a rail-connected freight handling company in UK.

Buy £28M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Regional Airports

Hampshire, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION

Regional Airports Ltd. operates as a airports.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Infrastructure) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1