M&A Deal Summary

Hutchison Port Holdings Acquires Thamesport

On February 1, 1998, Hutchison Port Holdings acquired infrastructure company Thamesport from Rutland Partners for 112M GBP

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

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1998-02-01
Target Thamesport
Sector Infrastructure
Buyer(s) Hutchison Port Holdings
Sellers(s) Rutland Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 112M GBP

Target

Thamesport

Kent, United Kingdom
London Thamesport (LTP) is located in the heart of South East England, 10 miles from the M2 motorway, 35 miles from London. It is one of the UK’s busiest container ports. LTP is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Hutchison Port Holdings

Kwai Chung, China

Category Company
Sector Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is an independent port investor, developer and operator with interests in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Today, HPH operates a total of 120 berths in 18 ports together with a number of transportation related service companies.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 1998 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-01 Harwich International Port

Felixstowe, United Kingdom

Harwich Port has served traffic between the UK and Holland since 1661. The principal business of the port is providing services to roll-on-roll-off ferry operators carrying passenger and commercial traffic. Two-thirds of the port's revenues are derived from handling commercial traffic and a third from moving passengers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-26 Westports Holdings Bhd.

Port Klang,, Malaysia

Westport is an integrated port situated on 520 hectares of waterfront land with terminal handling facilities for containers, dry bulk, liquid bulk and other conventional cargo at Port Klang, Malaysia's premier port. Strategically positioned in the Straits of Malacca,

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Rutland Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 650M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Rutland Partners is a generalist private equity firm focused on investing in mid-market companies based in or with a significant presence in the UK. Rutland looks to commit £10-50 million of equity capital in companies valued up to £150 million. Prospective transactions can take the form of take privates, management buyouts, management buy-ins, replacement capital, turnarounds, and secondary purchases. Rutland Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 25
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 14
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 21
Year: 1998 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1995-11-01 Thamesport

Kent, United Kingdom

London Thamesport (LTP) is located in the heart of South East England, 10 miles from the M2 motorway, 35 miles from London. It is one of the UK’s busiest container ports. LTP is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group.

Buy £52M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-07-01 Castle Music Publishing

London, United Kingdom

A niche music catalogue company producing a wide range of audio and visual own label products.

Buy £18M