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
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)
The sale of IK-backed Hansen Protection moves forward with IMs distributed earlier this year and indicative bids due before Easter (NKP Proprietary)
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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
October 19, 2020
As the Pandemic boosts demand for personal protective equipment, IK is closing in on a sale/IPO of its portfolio firm since 2013, Hansen Protection (rumor/NKP analysis)
Sale of Jacob Holm & Sønner set to kick off in Q1 2021
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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
November 6, 2020
With FIH Partners mandated, Jacob Holm & Sønner initiates preliminary exit preparations - broad buyer field and significant interest, yet still early days as options are weighed (NKP Proprietary)
Divestment of Lloyds Apotek (Admenta Sweden AB) may be on the agenda following strategic review of McKesson's retail operations and recent reports of Barclays being mandated for a sale of its UK sister firm (NKP Proprietary)