Growth Capital • Energy Services and Equipment

The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings Invest In Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool

On March 14, 2007, private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings invested in energy services and equipment company Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool

Investment Context
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 13th and Riverstone Holdings’ 13th transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 1st and Riverstone Holdings’ 1st transaction in Brazil.
Investment Fate
  • Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 680M USD.

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Investment Summary

Date March 14, 2007
Target Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Riverstone Holdings
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target Company

Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool

Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool (“CNAA”) is a joint venture with Santa Elisa and Global Foods, formed to build and operate four high-efficiency greenfield sugar and ethanol production facilities with a planned capacity of 20 million tons of crushed cane per year.
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Investors Overview 2

Investor

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 272 of 750
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment 13 of 24
Type: Growth Capital 30 of 114
Country: Brazil 1 of 12
Year: 2007 12 of 52
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-14 Ensus

Teesside, United Kingdom

Ensus operates a larges cereal grain biorefineries at Wilton on Teesside in North East England. Ensus refines locally grown animal feed wheat to produce over 400 million litres of bioethanol, 350 thousand tonnes of high protein animal feed, and 300 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide for use in soft drinks and food production each year.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-26 Shanghai Anxin Flooring

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Anxin Flooring is a manufacturer and distributor of solid wood flooring materials.

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Investor

Riverstone Holdings

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 40.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Riverstone Holdings is a large specialist asset management and private equity firm focused on opportunities in the energy and power industry. Specific areas of interest include oil & gas exploration, midstream transportation/logistics, electric generation, energy & power service, power infrastructure, and energy & power technology. Riverstone Holdings was formed in 2000 and is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 38 of 106
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment 13 of 27
Type: Growth Capital 9 of 19
Country: Brazil 1 of 2
Year: 2007 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-14 Ensus

Teesside, United Kingdom

Ensus operates a larges cereal grain biorefineries at Wilton on Teesside in North East England. Ensus refines locally grown animal feed wheat to produce over 400 million litres of bioethanol, 350 thousand tonnes of high protein animal feed, and 300 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide for use in soft drinks and food production each year.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-01 Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

Houston, Texas, United States

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP is an energy transportation, storage and distribution companies in North America. The Company owns an interest in or operates approximately 41,000 miles of pipelines that primarily transport natural gas, crude oil, petroleum products and CO2, and more than 155 terminals which store, transfer and handle products like gasoline and coal. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP was formed in 2002 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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