2010 Buyout Track 10 Biggest league table - UK
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| Rank | Company Activity |
Profit growth% pa | 2008 profit (£m) |
2006 profit (£m) |
Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlin Entertainments Group Visitor attraction operator |
94.26 | 203.0 | 53.8 | Consortium of Blackstone, Kirkbi Invest, Dubai International Capital Caddis Assets (majority), management (minority) | |
| 2 | Acteon Offshore services provider |
69.72 | 73.0 | 25.4 | First Reserve (51.5%), management (48.5%) | |
| 3 | R&R Ice Cream Ice cream manufacturer |
65.07 | 56.5 | 20.7 | Oaktree Capital, management | |
| 4 | Wales & West Utilities Gas distributor |
55.42 | 125.6 | 52.0 | Macquarie (50%), Canada Pension Plan (20%), Industry Funds Management (15%), AMP Capital (12%), others (3%) | |
| 5 | KCA DEUTAG Group Drilling contractor |
54.73 | ‡*190.7 | 79.7 | First Reserve (61%), Pamplona Capital (18%), other investment funds (21%) | |
| 6 | Betfair Online bookmaker |
43.87 | 66.2 | 32.0 | Softbank (23%), co-founders (24%), others (53%) | |
| 7 | Spire Healthcare Private hospital operator |
37.60 | 121.1 | 64.0 | Cinven, management | |
| 8 | Arqiva Communications services provider |
37.07 | 304.2 | 161.9 | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) (48%), consortium of other investors (52%) | |
| 9 | All3Media Television programme maker |
36.78 | 50.3 | 26.9 | Permira (51%), management (49%) | |
| 10 | Moto Motorway services operator |
33.47 | 52.6 | *29.6 | Macquarie Group & Affiliates, Equity Partners Infrastructure Company, pension funds, management | |
| * annualised figure ‡ unaudited accounts |
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