M&A Deal Summary

KKR Acquires Calisen

On December 6, 2016, private equity firm KKR acquired infrastructure company Calisen from Infracapital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 1st transaction in the Infrastructure sector.
  • This is KKR’s 12th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Calisen went public in 2020.
  • Calisen was sold to a financial buyer in 2020 for 1.9B USD.
  • Calisen was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-12-06
Target Calisen
Sector Infrastructure
Buyer(s) KKR
Sellers(s) Infracapital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Calisen

Manchester, United Kingdom
Calisen is an owner and manager of essential energy infrastructure assets. Calisen was founded in 2002 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 219 of 502
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 8
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 43 of 113
Country: United Kingdom M&A 12 of 34
Year: 2016 M&A 25 of 26
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-06 Optiv

Denver, Colorado, United States

Optiv is a provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions. The company help clients plan, build and run successful cybersecurity programs that achieve business objectives through depth and breadth of cybersecurity offerings, extensive capabilities and proven expertise in cybersecurity strategy, managed security services, incident response, risk and compliance, security consulting, training, and support, integration, and architecture services, and security technology. Optiv was founded in 2002 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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2016-12-13 Apple Leisure Group

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States

Apple Leisure Group is a vertically integrated travel and hospitality company focused on packaged travel and resort/brand management in Mexico and the Caribbean. Apple Leisure Group was founded in 1969 and is based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Infracapital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 6.8B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Infracapital is a private investment group focused on acquiring and investing in infrastructure assets and projects across the UK and continental Europe. The Firm looks to acquire controlling stakes in a variety of assets including greenfield, brownfield, and communications infrastructure. Infracapital was established in 2001 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-15 Adven

Vantaa, Finland

Adven is an industrial and commercial outsourced energy infrastructure and services provider in Sweden and Estonia. Adven holds long-term contracts to build, own and operate plants producing process steam, heat and cold at its clients’ production facilities. In addition to the tailored energy solutions. Adven was founded in 2011 and is based in Vantaa, Finland.

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2017-02-22 GIP

Genova, Italy

GIP is a container terminal platform in Northern Italy, holding stakes in two consolidated terminals in Genoa (PSA GP, PSA SECH), one in Venice (PSA VECON) and controlling one in Livorno (TDT). These high-quality well-invested assets provide deep-water access to the shipping lines serving the attractive commercial and industrial markets of Northern Italy and Central Europe (including Switzerland, Austria and South Germany). GIP was founded in 1993 and is based in Genova, Italy.

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