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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: TGH) ("Textainer", "the Company", "we" and "our"), one of the world's largest lessors of intermodal containers, today announced that the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Textainer Limited, acquired the 49.9% interest in TAP Funding Ltd. ("TAP Funding") owned by TAP Ltd. Following the acquisition, Textainer Limited owns 100% of TAP Funding. TAP Funding was a joint venture between Textainer Limited and TAP Ltd., a Bermuda based intermodal investment company. TAP Funding owns approximately 80,000 intermodal shipping containers already managed by Textainer with a net book value of approximately $175 million. The share purchase closed on January 19, 2021. Following the closing of the share purchase, Textainer wholly-owns approximately 89 percent of the containers in the Company's fleet.