Completion of sale of stake in Eversholt Rail

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3i Infrastructure PLC

16 April 2015

 



3i Infrastructure plc

16 April 2015

3i Infrastructure plc completes the sale of its stake in Eversholt Rail Group to CKI

3i Infrastructure plc ("3i Infrastructure" or "the Company") has completed the sale of its entire stake in Eversholt Rail Group ("Eversholt Rail"), one of the three leading rail rolling stock companies in the UK, to CK Investments S.A R.L., a company jointly owned by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, (together, "CKI"), following clearance from the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation. The transaction was announced on 20 January 2015.

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Peter Sedgwick

Chairman, 3i Infrastructure plc

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Silvia Santoro

Investor enquiries

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Kathryn van der Kroft

Media enquiries

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Notes to editors:

3i Infrastructure plc is a Jersey-incorporated, closed-ended investment company, listed on the London Stock Exchange and regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. The Company is a long-term investor in infrastructure businesses and assets. The Company's market focus is on core economic infrastructure in developed economies, principally in Europe, in the utilities and transportation sectors, investing in operational businesses which generate long-term yield and can provide capital growth. It also has investments in social infrastructure and is building its exposure to primary PPP and renewable energy projects.

3i Investments plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3i Group plc, is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and acts as Investment Adviser to 3i Infrastructure plc.

 

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