M&A Deal Summary

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Acquires Busy Bees

On October 31, 2013, pension Ontario Teachers Pension Plan acquired healthcare services company Busy Bees

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ontario Teachers Pension Plan’s 3rd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Ontario Teachers Pension Plan’s 7th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-10-31
Target Busy Bees
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Busy Bees

Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Busy Bees have a Childcare and Curriculum Team, who are responsible for ensuring the staffs have everything they require to deliver the curriculum to the highest possible standards. The team regularly rolls out childcare initiatives such as Busy Babies, Cooking with Me and Imagination Station, to enhance the Environment and offer further opportunities to extend the learning and development within all of our nurseries. Busy Bees was founded in 1983 and is based in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Pension
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 242.5B 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 65 of 176
Sector (Healthcare Services) 3 of 10
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 27 of 40
Country (United Kingdom) 7 of 20
Year (2013) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-30 AZEK

Chicago, Illinois, United States

AZEK is a manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance residential and commercial building products, and is committed to accelerating the use of recyclable materials. The company is completely focused on leveraging our expertise in materials science and its customer-centric approach to engineer and manufacture the most beautiful, most sustainable building products to improve the lives and businesses of our customers. AZEK is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-18 Burton s Biscuits

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Burton's Biscuits is a biscuit manufacturer which supplies both quality branded and retailer brand biscuits. It owns and bakes important brands such as Maryland, Jammie Dodgers, and Wagon Wheels and also bakes biscuits for major retailers and global brands. Burton's Biscuits was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in St. Albans, UK, Burton’s operates manufacturing sites in Blackpool, Edinburgh, Llantarnam.

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