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expansion<br />
The company <strong>is</strong> based in Emerainville and employs 20 staff. It posted a 4.2m turnover in <strong>2009</strong>, up<br />
2% from the previous <strong>year</strong>.<br />
People<br />
Isabelle Galamand-Patard represented Avenir on the transaction. Stéphane Mélinand-Jégou <strong>is</strong> CEO of<br />
Intégral Système.<br />
Adv<strong>is</strong>ers<br />
Equity – PDGB, Roy Arakelian, Madia Iliopoulos (Legal).<br />
Company – Cabinet Quesnel-Hesters, Nicole Quesnel-Hesters (Legal).<br />
AXA’s Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy acquires four windfarms<br />
Transaction<br />
Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy has acquired the Brittany wind farm assets of Neoelectra, with the support of AXA<br />
Private Equity. The amount of expansion capital provided by AXA remains confidential.<br />
AXA wholly acquired Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy (formerly Holding Energies Renouvelables) from Babcock &<br />
Brown in <strong>2009</strong>, for an estimated value of 100-250m. The acqu<strong>is</strong>ition consolidates Kall<strong>is</strong>ta’s position in<br />
the French market, by increasing the number of its wind farms from 15 <strong>to</strong> 19 and its installed capacity <strong>to</strong><br />
194.5 MW. It also allows the company <strong>to</strong> be present in Brittany, a region with a particularly high potential<br />
for wind-produced energy.<br />
ACQUISITION FINANCE<br />
Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy<br />
Location Par<strong>is</strong><br />
Sec<strong>to</strong>r Renewable<br />
energy<br />
equipment<br />
Founded <strong>2009</strong><br />
Turnover 26.1m (<strong>2009</strong>)<br />
Staff 10<br />
Company<br />
Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy was founded in <strong>2009</strong> when AXA wholly acquired Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energies Renouvelables<br />
(formerly Eners<strong>is</strong> Energies Renouvelables) and Kall<strong>is</strong>ta France (formerly Eners<strong>is</strong> France). The two<br />
companies were held through Holding Energies Renouvelables, which was renamed Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy in<br />
November <strong>2009</strong>. The company manufactures and operates wind farms.<br />
Based in Par<strong>is</strong>, the business has a significant presence in the A<strong>is</strong>ne/Picardie, Beauce and Seine-Maritime<br />
regions. With a 10-strong workforce, Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy posted a 26.1m turnover in <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
People<br />
Mathias Burghardt led the deal for AXA. Frédéric Roche <strong>is</strong> the CEO of Kall<strong>is</strong>ta Energy.<br />
Adv<strong>is</strong>ers<br />
Acquirer – CGR Legal, Florence Trognon-Dumain (Legal); Linklaters, Edouard Chapellier<br />
(Financial due diligence); Exco A2A, Franck Huyghe (Tax).<br />
Vendor – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Bertrand Pellet, Gabriel Flandin, Basma Paradin (Legal);<br />
Natix<strong>is</strong> Finance, Emmanuel Antmann (M&A).<br />
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