Partners Grp Pvt Eqt - Partial sale of International Schools Partnership

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Partners Group Private Equity Limited

Partial sale of International Schools Partnership

PGPE Ltd is pleased to inform you that Partners Group, its Investment Manager, is to welcome CVC Strategic Opportunities ("CVC") as a significant minority shareholder in International Schools Partnership ("ISP"), a leading global K-12 school platform. CVC will acquire a 20% stake in the company. 

·    As of 31 August 2025, ISP is the sixth largest investee company in the portfolio of PGPE Ltd

·    The transaction values the stake of PGPE Ltd in ISP in line with the latest published NAV at approximately EUR 45 million.

·    As part of the transaction, PGPE Ltd will sell approximately 20% of its exposure to ISP, amounting to around EUR 9 million. The transaction is expected to close by Q1 2026, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals.

Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, will remain the majority shareholder and OMERS, which acquired a minority stake in ISP in 2021, will also remain a shareholder.

Partners Group and the ISP management team founded ISP in 2013 and have since built it into one of the largest K-12 school platforms globally, educating over 110,000 students in 111 schools across 25 countries. ISP follows a proven growth strategy, adding high-quality schools to its platform in locations with strong demand and enhancing them with the company's differentiated learning approach. ISP aims to provide a holistic education and develop all aspects of a student's learning experience, with a strong focus on academic progress, as well as the development of language, digital, and life skills.

During its ownership, Partners Group's transformational investing approach has focused on helping ISP's schools to deliver high quality education. In ISP's next phase of growth, the new shareholder group and management team will work together on further driving the company's successful strategy. Key value creation initiatives will include adding new schools to the platform, investing in the development and implementation of proprietary technology solutions as part of teaching, and further expanding the infrastructure of schools to improve the student experience and provide room for future growth.

Further information is available in the press release issued by Partners Group.

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About Partners Group Private Equity Limited

PGPE Ltd is an investment holding company founded in 1999 and domiciled in Guernsey. It invests in private equity direct investments. PGPE Ltd is managed in its investment activities by Partners Group, a global private markets investment management firm with over USD 174 billion in investment programs under management in private markets, of which USD 83 billion is in private equity. Partners Group itself is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (ticker: PGHN). PGPE Ltd aims to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth and an attractive dividend yield. PGPE Ltd is traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: PEY for the Euro quote; PEYS for the Sterling quote).

Contacts

Partners Group Private Equity Limited:

pgpe-ltd@partnersgroup.com

www.partnersgroupprivateequitylimited.com

Registered Number: 35241   LEI: 54930038LU8RDPFFVJ57

Notes:

1.     Note that references in this announcement to Partners Group Private Equity Limited have been abbreviated to "PGPE Ltd" or "the Company". References to Partners Group AG have been abbreviated to "Partners Group" or "the Investment Manager".

2.     This document does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities and neither is it intended to be an investment advertisement or sales instrument of Partners Group Private Equity Limited. The distribution of this document may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this document comes must inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions on the distribution of this document. In particular, this document and the information contained therein are not for distribution or publication, neither directly nor indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.

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