RE: NASB Sale has been approved12 Jul 2025 00:20
ACTION: Notice and Finance Transaction.
On April 25, 2025, the following entities filed an application to acquire
from Mobico Group PLC (the Seller) indirect control of the Seller’s North American
home-to-school transportation entities, which include regulated interstate passenger
motor carriers (the Acquired Regulated Entities): ISQ Bus BidCo, Inc. (BidCo); ISQ
Global Infrastructure Fund III (UST) Bus AIV, LP (Fund UST); ISQ Global
Infrastructure Fund III (USTE) Bus AIV, LP (Fund USTE); ISQ Global Infrastructure
Fund III Bus AIV, LP (Fund AIV); and ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III (EU) Bus
AIV, LP (Fund EU) (collectively, the Applicants). The Board is tentatively approving
and authorizing the transaction, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice
will be the final Board action.
DATES: Comments must be filed by July 7, 2025. If any comments are filed, the
Applicants may file a reply by July 22, 2025. If FR-4915-01-P
This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 05/23/2025 and available online at
https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-09334, and on https://govinfo.gov
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. MCF 21133]
ISQ Bus BIDCO, Inc. Et Al.—Acquisition of Control—A&S Transportation
Incorporated Et Al.
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
Tentatively Approving Authorizing SUMMARY: July 2025, notice shall be effective ADDRESSES: Comments, referring to Docket No. MCF 21133, may be filed with the
Board either via e-filing on the Board’s website or in writing addressed to: Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition,
send one copy of comments to the Applicants’ representative: Jonathan R. Todd,
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, 127 Public Square, Suite 4900, Cleveland,
OH 44114.
no opposing comments are filed by
7, this on July 8, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Ziehm at (202) 245-0391. If you
require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202)
245-0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: According to the application, BidCo, a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, is headquartered in Miami, Fla.
(Appl. 2.) Fund UST, Fund USTE, and Fund AIV are yet-to-be formed Cayman Islands
limited partnerships; Fund EU is a yet-to-be formed Luxembourg/Ontario limited
partnership (collectively, the Fund Applicants). (Id.) These entities will all be
headquartered in Miami, Fla. (Id.) According to the application, the Applicants are all
noncarriers, neither the Applicants nor any of their subsidiaries or affiliates own or
control any passenger motor carriers in the United States, and neither the Applicants nor
any of their subsidiaries or affiliates have interstate motor carrier authority, U.S.
Department of Transportation (USDOT) Numbers, or USDOT Safety Ratings. (Id.)
The Applicants state that the Fund Applicants1 will collectively, wholly own ISQ
Bus Aggregator, LP, a