M&A Deal Summary

Gresham Private Equity Fund Acquires Silk Logistics Group Pty

On April 30, 2008, private equity firm Gresham Private Equity Fund acquired transportation company Silk Logistics Group Pty for 200M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gresham Private Equity Fund’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Gresham Private Equity Fund’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Gresham Private Equity Fund’s 8th transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-30
Target Silk Logistics Group Pty
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Gresham Private Equity Fund
Deal Type Consolidation
Deal Value 200M USD

Target

Silk Logistics Group Pty

Derrimut, Australia
Silk Logistics Group believe that in order to meet the growing needs of customers in the marketplace it is inevitable that logistics service. Consolidation of five transport and logistics businesses.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Gresham Private Equity Fund

Sydney, Australia

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 525M AUD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gresham Private Equity is the private equity arm of financial advisory firm Gresham Partners. Gresham Private Equity seeks buyout, growth capital, public to private, and buy and build investments in Australia and New Zealand. The Firm seeks transactions valued from $100 to $500 million. Target sectors include business services, marine, distribution, apparel, industrial products, communications, and consumer services. Gresham Private Equity was established in 1999 and is based in Sydney.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 14
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Consolidation) 1 of 1
Country (Australia) 8 of 8
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-01 Barminco Limited

Hazelmere WA, Australia

Barminco offers its clients a full suite of underground mining services from mine development to production with one of the largest fleets of self-maintained underground mining equipment in Australia. Additionally Barminco has a separate diamond drilling business which currently operates in excess of 60 drill rigs.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-01 Australian Pacific Paper Products

Dingley, Australia

DSG Pty Ltd, trading as Australian Pacific Paper Products (APPP) is an Australian manufacturing company supplying disposable absorbent products to local and overseas markets.

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