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August 2, 2021
Segulah-backed Semantix sold to TransPerfect
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March 29, 2021

Segulah-backed language technology provider Semantix likely to end up in the hands of strategic buyer - William Blair holds the mandate

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November 13, 2020

Sources confirm that Segulah explores sale of Semantix - William Blair appointed as sell-side advisor

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July 30, 2021
Publ. listed DSV Panalpina is still looking for acquisitions - could potentially be DB Schenker
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February 26, 2021

Capidea-backed Guldager is looking for acquisitions in Germany, Switzerland and Belgium (NKP Proprietary)

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July 23, 2021
Glatfelter acquires the Danish textile company Jacob Holm & Sønner for approx. DKK 2bn
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December 11, 2020

Sale of Jacob Holm & Sønner set to kick off in Q1 2021

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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)

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July 19, 2021
Telia-owned Futurehome looks to raise NOK 75-100m
Finansavisen

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May 21, 2021

Teasers out in Pareto-led sales process of Telia-owned FutureHome (NKP Proprietary)

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July 19, 2021
Metso Outotec divests its Waste Recycling business to Finnish Ahlström Capital
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April 7, 2021

Advised by SEB Corporate Finance, the spin-off process of Metso Outotec's ESG-friendly recycling business picks up speed - revenue of EUR 125m with an adj. EBITA of EUR 4m in 2020 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 19, 2021
Litorina exits LGT Logistics to Nordic Transport Group at EV/EBIT of 5.8x
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January 29, 2021

Litorina may eye a timely 2021 exit of its well-performing portfolio firm LGT Logistics - Normalized EBITDA of SEK 97.5m in 2019 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 16, 2021
Danish online wine sourcing platform Kobaj raises DKK 20.6m
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March 4, 2021

Founded in 2019, online wine crowdsourcing platform Kobaj expects 2021 revenue of DKK 195m and is currently in a process of raising DKK 10m-15m - CEO and Founder open for a sale to either a sponsor or strategic buyer within the next 4 years and welcomes inbound interest (NKP Proprietary)

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July 14, 2021
Accent Equity acquires a majority stake in the Danish garment outsourcing partner East
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May 11, 2021

Advised by Nordic M&A (a boutique advisory firm) the owners of women's private label apparel supplier East are exploring options for a potential sale - EBITDA of DKK 58.8m in 2020 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 9, 2021
Storskogen acquires the Swedish trailer supplier Brenderup Group from Accent Equity
Press Release
May 17, 2021

Update: Lincoln International-led sale process of Accent-backed Brenderup Group enters DD phase, signing expected before the end of June 2021 (NKP Proprietary)

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February 12, 2021

Advised by investment bank Lincoln International, Accent Equity pushes ahead with 2021 exit of trailer and load carrier manufacturer Brenderup Group - EBITDA of SEK 110m in 2020, trade and financial buyers likely (NKP Proprietary)

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July 9, 2021
Volvo-backed Polestar in merger negotiations with US-based SPAC Gores Guggenheim
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January 11, 2021

Volvo-owned Polestar looks for a Series B round at an USD 15bn valuation in 2Q21

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July 7, 2021
IPI Partners acquires Norwegian Digiplex
Press Release
May 28, 2021

Sales process for hyper-growth data centre operator Digiplex is now (again) live according to sources, following failed 2018 process (NKP Proprietary)

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November 2, 2020

Pandemic resilient data centre operator DigiPlex expected to relaunch exit any time soon, revenue grows 24% in Q1 to annual run-rate of NOK 402.6m, EBITDA of NOK 207m (NKP Sources / Analysis)

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July 6, 2021
Nalka Invest acquires the Swedish locksmith business CERTEGO from publ. listed ASSA ABLOY
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March 29, 2021

Indicative bids for security solutions provider CERTEGO due after Easter - BNP Paribas holds the mandate

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March 4, 2021

Assa Abloy is moving ahead with the spin-off process of its Nordic security solutions provider CERTEGO with BNP Paribas mandated - revenues of EUR 210m in 2019 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 5, 2021
Herkules exits Norwegian staffing company Eterni to Axcel
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April 27, 2021

Herkules is expected to explore exit options for its 2017 investment in Norwegian temporary staffing company Eterni in H2-2021 acc. to sources - 2019 normalized EBITDA of NOK 37.9m (NKP Proprietary)

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July 5, 2021
Verdane exits Swedish MM Sports to CapMan
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March 15, 2021

Verdane Capital mandates Clearwater International for a sale of its Swedish portfolio company MM Sports (NKP Proprietary)

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July 2, 2021
Axcel acquires IT Consultancy ProData from Polaris Private Equity
Press Release
June 30, 2021

Altor and A&M Capital among the final round bidders to acquire Prodata Consult from Polaris - Danske Bank and Accura advising sell-side - final bids were due yesterday (NKP Proprietary)

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November 10, 2020

The Pandemic's increased need for digitalization has accelerated the exit of Polaris' 2018 investment in ProData Consult according to NKP sources - IPO track may be in its early phases (NKP Sources / Analysis)

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July 2, 2021
EQT sells Fertin Pharma to Philip Morris International for DKK 5.1bn
Press Release
May 3, 2021

The sales process of EQT-backed Fertin Pharma kicks off with IMs distributed last week and final transaction expected before summer (NKP Proprietary)

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October 27, 2020

With FIH in lead, Fertin Pharma could bring EQT a 2x return as Covid-19 makes more smokers quit, likely suitors include Advent, Permira, KKR, CVC, and Cinven (NKP Analysis)

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July 2, 2021
Publ. listed Royal Unibrew buys Norwegian Solera Beverage Group from CapMan at DKK 770m and 11x EV/EBITDA valuation
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March 3, 2021

CapMan to (re)launch exit process of its wine and spirits distributor Solera Group with Lincoln International mandated acc. to sources - EBITDA of NOK 55m in 2019 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 2, 2021
Solör acquires district heating business from Strängnäs Municipality for SEK 1.3bn and EV/EBITDA of 11.4x
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November 23, 2020

Municipality of Strängnäs in Sweden mandates KPMG in its district heating business carveout

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July 1, 2021
Fortum sells its 50% stake in Stockholm Exergi to APG-led consortium for EUR 2.9bn
Press Release
April 20, 2021

Update: Indicative bids for the sale of Fortum's district heating network Stockholm Exergi are due in the first week of May 2021 (NKP Proprietary)

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October 20, 2020

Finnish energy firm Fortum hires Citi as co-adviser on Stockholm Exergi sale

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July 1, 2021
CataCap sells Casa to German ActivumSG in a deal worth more than DKK 2bn
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February 25, 2021

With PwC and Accura running the process, indicative bids were submitted for Catacap's construction management firm CASA last week (NKP Proprietary)

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August 20, 2020

CataCap's construction firm since 2016, CASA, doubles EBITDA in 2019 to DKK 166m - if sold, CataCap could more than quadruple its investment in 4 years (NKP analysis)

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July 1, 2021
Maj Invest sells its dental chain Godt Smil to ICG
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June 15, 2021

ICG and Charme Capital among the final bidders in the advanced exit process of Maj Invest's dental chain Godt Smil - PwC advising (NKP Proprietary)

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July 1, 2021
Telia sells its 49% stake in its tower business in Norway and Finland to Brookfield and Alecta for EUR 722m
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May 28, 2021

Sale of Telia's Norwegian and Finnish tower assets is moving into due diligence phase in process led by Goldman Sachs and Roschier (NKP Proprietary)

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July 1, 2021
Nutrimin to be acquired by Dutch food group Nutreco
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May 14, 2021

The owners of Nutrimin, a producer of vitamin and mineral premixtures for livestock production, are exploring exit options advised by Deloitte Corporate Finance - 2020 EBITDA of DKK 22m (NKP Proprietary)

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July 1, 2021
Isojoen Konehalli (IKH) acquired by UK-based Grafton Group
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December 11, 2020

Sources reveal that the Alakortes family looks to sell tractor spare parts importer Isojoen Konehalli

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June 30, 2021
Newly appointed CEO of oil company Okea looking to pursue acquisitions
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June 2, 2021

Following a strong 2020 with revenue and EBITDA of NOK 1,723m and NOK 216.7m, respectively, industrial service provider Beerenberg (backed by Segulah since 2013) welcomes advisor approaches for possible add-on targets as the firm looks to diversify its customer base (NKP Proprietary)

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