As investment banks are invited to pitch, Gro Capital and Goldman Sachs MB may cash in DKK 2bn in an exit of telematics firm Trackunit (NKP Proprietary / Analysis)
Cloud and data center service provider Braathe Gruppen grows revenue to NOK 460m (+52% YoY) w. EBITDA of NOK 85m in 2020 - strong current trading and focus on continued growth, founder welcomes advisers pitching acquisition targets, declines interest in selling (NKP Proprietary)
Soaring valuations for building materials firms and strong current trading drives preliminary exit preparations for Icon Capital's investment in paint and surface products retailer Malorama according to sources - EBITDA of NOK 105m in 2019 (NKP Proprietary)
Sale of Summa Equity's immunological reagents specialist HyTest moves into due diligence phase in William Blair-led process, signing expected before June according to sources close to the process (NKP Proprietary)
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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
March 22, 2021
Summa Equity mandates William Blair for the exit of Finnish HyTest
Sales process of CVC Capital-backed AR Packaging with 2020 EBITDA of EUR 150m attracts interest from several international sponsors as well as trade buyers - Credit Suisse holds the mandate
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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
December 8, 2020
CVC Capital likely to re-attempt exit in AR Packaging in 2021 with a unified brand name and several acquisitions within the health-care packaging industry in 2020 (NKP Analysis)
With Alantra and Plesner mandated, the sale of Technogym-owned fitness centre ERP provider Exerp gains speed - teasers sent to prospective buyers in week 6 - EBITDA of DKK 12.6m in 2019 (NKP Proprietary)
Altor-backed BPO firm Transcom may return to the stock exchange in 2021 according to rumors, strong current trading with +7.6% organic growth in Q3-2020, could be valued at EUR 1 billion (NKP Proprietary)
Sale of Priveq's online security specialist Omegapoint enters due diligence phase in Carnegie-led process (NKP Proprietary)
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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
August 21, 2020
Increasing demand for online security could draw attention to Omegapoint, which is backed by Priveq (40%) and realized 2019 sales of SEK 415m (+15%) after completing 3 bolt-ons (NKP analysis)
Maersk Container Industry draws significant interest from international buyers in Deutsche-bank led spin-off process, teasers are out and IMs on the doorstep according to several sources (NKP Proprietary)
Valentum mandated to explore potential investors/partners for Swedish women's sportswear e-tailer Stronger following the current e-commerce boom with revenue of SEK 310m (+160% YoY) and EBITDA of SEK 44m in 2020 - high interest from sponsors acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)