Hong Kong-based infrastructure company CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. is selling Eversholt Rail Leasing Limited, one of the three largest rolling stock rental companies in the UK. This is reported by foreign media.
Investors, including Hong Kong railway operator MTR Corp., are showing interest in the deal, which is valued at 4 billion pounds ($5.4 billion).
Beacon Rail, a rival rolling stock company controlled by JPMorgan Chase & Co., is also interested in acquiring Eversholt.
In January 2025, CK Infrastructure Holdings, which acquired Eversholt in 2015 for 2.5 billion pounds, attracted Rothschild&Co. to assess the expected sale of assets.
MTR is a Hong Kong railway operator, majority owned by the Hong Kong Government. MTR was also a member of the consortium for the management of the South Western Railway of Great Britain.
Eversholt Rail is a British rolling stock rental company in the railway industry, including leasing passenger and freight trains, as well as upgrading and financing new rolling stock. The company's asset portfolio includes 19 passenger railway depots, as well as freight locomotives. The headquarters is located in London (England).
CK Infrastructure is the largest infrastructure company with investments in energy and transport infrastructure, water supply infrastructure and business. The company is part of CK Hutchison Holdings and has offices in China, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. The headquarters is located in Hong Kong.
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