M&A Deal Summary

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Acquires Koole Tanktransport

On January 1, 2015, pension Ontario Teachers Pension Plan acquired marine company Koole Tanktransport from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ontario Teachers Pension Plan’s 1st transaction in the Marine sector.
  • This is Ontario Teachers Pension Plan’s 2nd transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-01
Target Koole Tanktransport
Sector Marine
Buyer(s) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Koole Tanktransport

Zaandam, Netherlands
Koole Tanktransport is an independent storage terminal operator for edible oils and fats, biofuels, oleochemicals, and certain base oils (“vegetable oils”) in North-Western Europe. Koole’s assets include a deep-sea terminal in Rotterdam, which is the natural port of entry for vegetable oil imports into Europe, as well as regional hub terminals in Zaandam and Nijmegen. Koole Tanktransport is based in Zaandam, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 77 of 176
Sector (Marine) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 27 of 56
Country (Netherlands) 2 of 3
Year (2015) 1 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-29 Birmingham Airport

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham Airport is an operator of an International airport and serves approximately 9.5 million passengers per year. Birmingham Airport is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-08 PetVet Care Centers

Westport, Connecticut, United States

PetVet Care Centers is an operator and consolidator of specialty veterinary hospitals and general practice veterinary clinics. With over 600 general veterinarians and board-certified specialists, ranging from emergency critical care to cardiology and orthopedic surgery. PetVet Care Centers was founded in 2012 and is based in Westport, Connecticut.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 65 of 189
Sector (Marine) 1 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 21 of 57
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 5
Year (2015) 1 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Tiama

Vourles, France

The group is TIAMA, through its principal subsidiaries MSC and SGCC, the world leader in in-line inspection in the glass manufacturing industry

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-30 Nord Group

Nyborg, Denmark

NORD (formerly Kommunekemi) is the hazardous waste management company in Denmark. The company has three waste incineration lines at its state-of-the-art plant in Nyborg, which constitutes Europe's single largest facility of its kind.

Sell -