Textainer Group Buys 50.1% Stake in Tap Funding for $78M

Textainer Group Holdings Limited

the world's largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, today announced that it acquired a 50.1% interest in TAP Funding Ltd., a Bermuda company that owns an approximately 99,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) fleet of containers currently managed by Textainer for approximately $78 million, including the value of TAP Funding Ltd.'s existing debt that remains outstanding. This fleet contains a well diversified mix of container types, including standard dry freight, refrigerated and specialized dry freight containers. Additionally, the fleet has high utilization and a diversified lessee mix consistent with Textainer's overall container fleet. Textainer has agreed with TAP Ltd., the other shareholder in TAP Funding Ltd., to continue to invest in new containers for this fleet, in order to both grow the portfolio and maintain the relatively young average age of the containers.