M&A Deal Summary

NFG Acquires Acorn Care & Education

On August 3, 2016, NFG acquired education company Acorn Care & Education from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NFG’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is NFG’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-08-03
Target Acorn Care & Education
Sector Education
Buyer(s) NFG
Sellers(s) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Acorn Care & Education

Bolton, United Kingdom
Acorn Care & Education Ltd. is a provider of care and education for children with special educational needs. ACE's core area of focus is SEN schools for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, severe learning difficulties, challenging behaviour and complex needs.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NFG

Bolton, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Consumer Services
Revenue 60M GBP (2013)
DESCRIPTION

NFG is a provider of fostering and related support services foster carers, children, and young people. NFG was founded in 1995 and is based in Bolton, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-02 Outcomes First Group

Bolton, United Kingdom

Outcomes First Group is a specialist provider of education and therapeutic care. The Group’s specialist education and therapeutic care services are provided by its nationwide teams, under the brands Acorn Education and Care and Options Autism. Outcomes First Group is based in Bolton, United Kingdom.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Pension
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 116.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Teachers' Private Capital is the direct investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Teachers' Private Capital considers both private equity and venture related investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. Teachers' can support direct private equity investments between $100 million and $3 billion. Target sectors include business services, consumer products, retail, diversified industrials, financial services, technology, media, and communications. Teachers' Private Capital also makes private equity fund investments between $50 million and $750 million. Teachers' Private Capital was formed in 1991 and is based in Toronto, with additional offices in London and New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 83
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 13 of 35
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 8
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-02 Aurora Plastics

Streetsboro, Ohio, United States

Aurora Plastics produces customized rigid polyvinyl chloride (“RPVC”) compounds for extruding and injection molding customers throughout North America. Aurora provides quality and service through highly automated manufacturing facilities in Ohio and North Carolina. Aurora Plastics was founded in 1997 and is based in Streetsboro, Ohio.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-08 Q9 Networks

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Q9 Networks, Inc. is a provider of outsourced data center infrastructure for mission-critical IT operations. Operates three state-of-the-art data centers in Ontario and Alberta, Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, ON.

Sell $675M