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July 15, 2024
Nordic Capital to acquire majority stake in Norway's care tech provider Sensio
Press Release
May 29, 2024

Update: NBOs are due this week in Longship's ownership explorations for Sensio, a Norwegian integrated health-tech company, advised by William Blair, acc. to several sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
October 6, 2023

Longship appoints William Blair for a future exit of Sensio, a Norwegian integrated healthtech company and a Nordic market leader, as the firm is drawing attention from suitors, although timing is yet to be decided and not imminent, acc. to sources - revenues of NOK ~450m (+20-25%) and EBITDA of NOK 70-80m in FY23E (NKP Proprietary)

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July 15, 2024
PE firm Main Capital Partners takes over software supplier Nextway Software
Real Deals
May 21, 2024

Update: NBOs were collected last week in the EY Corporate Finance-advised process for Nextway Software, a Danish provider of document management SaaS solutions, acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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March 15, 2024

The owners of Nextway Software, a Danish document management SaaS provider, explore ownership options advised by EY Corporate Finance with teasers currently being distributed - marketed off revenues of EUR 10m in 2023 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 15, 2024
Update: Sprints Capital-backed Teamtailor increases its revenue by 36% in 2023
BreakIt
April 18, 2024

Update: Houlihan Lokey has been engaged to advise on the ownership considerations in Sprints Capital-backed Teamtailor, a Swedish recruitment software provider (NKP Proprietary)

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April 12, 2024

Sprints Capital-backed recruitment software provider Teamtailor is being prepared for a process with a minority stake sale being the most likely scenario acc. to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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July 2, 2024
Danish Maersk withdraws from acquisition of German logistics company DB Schenker
Watchmedier
February 29, 2024

Update: NBOs are due on March 27 in auction process for DB Schenker following buyer beauty parade to be held at the March 15 meeting of the Railway Supervisory Board, according to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
September 28, 2023

Update: DB Schenker to be sold as one unit and not split up it has been decided by Deutsche Bahn's supervisory board amid the ongoing strategy review and planned high-profile sale advised by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank (Press release/NKP Proprietary)

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June 28, 2024
Tietoevry and Norsk Tipping divest their ownership in eID solutions provider Buypass to Dutch software group TSS
Press Releas
February 6, 2024

Arctic Securities holds the mandate for Buypass, a digital ID and payment solutions provider jointly owned by Tietoevry and Norsk Tipping (NKP Proprietary)

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August 3, 2023

Company to watch: Buypass, a Norwegian digital ID and payments solutions provider jointly owned by Tietoevry and Norsk Tipping, experiences steady growth to reach revenue of NOK 310m and EBITDA of NOK 40m in FY22 - ownership options are likely to be weighed acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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June 25, 2024
Aareal Bank and Advent International divest Aareon to TPG and CDPQ for approximately EUR 3.9 billion
Press Release
June 6, 2024

Advent International encourages initial bids for Aareon, Aareal Bank's software arm

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December 6, 2023

Advent International is teaming up with advisors in preparation of a potential 2024 process for Aareon, a provider of SaaS solutions for the property industry in which the sponsor acquired a 30% stake in 2020, following successful add-ons and expected 2023 adj. EBITDA of EUR 90-100m - acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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June 25, 2024
Investment firm Bure (publ.) acquires a 12% stake in presentation software platform Mentimeter from Alfvén & Didriksson
Press Release
May 13, 2024

Update: Rothschild is handling inbound investor dialogues for audience engagement platform Mentimeter in addition to, and possibly instead of, the previously contemplated IPO track advised by Carnegie acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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October 1, 2020

Boosted by the Pandemic, presentation SaaS firm Mentimeter is ahead of target w. +30m new users YTD, could be warming up to suitors with recent peer valuations (NKP Analysis)

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June 20, 2024
ICG acquires a minority stake in Granlund Group, a Finnish provider of design services for construction projects
Press Release
February 7, 2024

Update: The PwC Corporate Finance-guided sale process for a minority stake in Granlund Group, a Finnish provider of design services for construction projects, has reached an advanced stage (NKP Proprietary)

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November 20, 2023

Granlund Group, a privately held provider of engineering, consulting, and software services to the construction sector, has engaged PwC Corporate Finance to advise on ownership explorations, with teasers having recently been distributed, acc. to sources - Revenue of EUR 129m (+19% YoY) and EBITDA of EUR 14.8m in FY22 (NKP Proprietary)

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June 19, 2024
Swedish energy company Stockholm Exergi issues new green bonds of SEK 1bn
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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June 14, 2024
Apollo Global and Rettig extend the offer period for its public takeover offer for radiator manufacturer Purmo Group (publ.)
Press Release
May 3, 2021

The sale process of Rettig-owned Purmo is restarted - first bids due next month

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
July 10, 2020

Brand transformation and management changes indicates that family office Rettig may, again, try to exit Purmo Group - UBS and SEB has been mandated

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June 11, 2024
EQT-backed Recover Group divests Serwent, its underground infrastructure maintenance arm, to Norvestor
Press Release
May 8, 2024

Update: NBOs have been submitted in the ABG Sundal Collier-advised sale process for Serwent, the underground infrastructure maintenance arm of EQT-owned Recover, acc. to several sources (NKP Proprietary)

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January 4, 2024

EQT may pursue a sale of Serwent, the underground infrastructure maintenance arm of its 2019 vintage portfolio company Recover, acc. to multiple sources - sales of above NOK 1,000m and ~10% EBITDA margin (NKP Proprietary)

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June 11, 2024
Danish energy and telecommunication company Norlys acquires the fiber infrastructure business Ewii Fiber from Ewii Group
Press Release
April 15, 2024

Update: NBOs were collected last week in the Deloitte Corporate Finance-advised sale process for EWII's fiber infrastructure business (NKP Proprietary)

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September 29, 2023

EWII Group is actively looking for external investors for its fiber infrastructure business amid its pledge to bring fiber in everything to everyone for five municipalities before year-end, acc. to sources - Deloitte Corporate Finance advising, infra fund(s) in the buyer field (NKP Proprietary)

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June 11, 2024
Amplio (formerly Segulah) divests KP Components to the original owner family and investor consortium
Press Release
May 17, 2021

Alantra-led sales process of Segulah-backed KP Components likely to run in Q3 2021 (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
October 15, 2020

The sale of Segulah-backed KP Components still in process

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June 5, 2024
PE firm OpenGate divests silicon carbide producer Fiven to Kymera International
Press Release
May 16, 2023

OpenGate is working with int. investment bank on a sale of silicon-carbide firm Fiven before the Summer following record 2022 results with adjusted EBITDA of EUR 61.5m, according to sources - opportunity first and exclusively covered by NKP in October (NKP Proprietary)

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October 19, 2022

Company to watch: Fiven, a sillicon-carbide manufacturer carved-out from Saint-Gobain in 2019 by US private equity firm OpenGate Capital, reports 2021 revenue of EUR 127.4m and EBITDA of EUR 21.2m and may come to market in 2023 according to multiple industry commentators (NKP Proprietary)

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June 4, 2024
Update: KapWatch confirms NKP's coverage of Cube Infrastructure Partners-owned Umove - exit expected before the summer
KapWatch
February 21, 2024

Update: NBOs are due next week in the DC Advisory-led exit process for Umove, a Danish private bus operator owned by Cube Infrastructure Partners since 2017 (NKP Proprietary)

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August 29, 2023

Cube Infrastructure Partners is in the early stages of preparing a sale of Umove, a Danish private bus operator within public transportation, according to multiple sources - revenue of DKK 1,002m and EBITDA of DKK 130m in FY22 (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
May 31, 2024
Finnish radiator manufacturer Purmo (publ.) receives a public takeover bid from Chinese appliances firm Haier
Press Release
May 3, 2021

The sale process of Rettig-owned Purmo is restarted - first bids due next month

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
July 10, 2020

Brand transformation and management changes indicates that family office Rettig may, again, try to exit Purmo Group - UBS and SEB has been mandated

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May 27, 2024
Update: Four bidders remain for DB Schenker sale, CVC Capital seeks new partner for DB Schenker bid
Kapwatch
February 29, 2024

Update: NBOs are due on March 27 in auction process for DB Schenker following buyer beauty parade to be held at the March 15 meeting of the Railway Supervisory Board, according to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
September 28, 2023

Update: DB Schenker to be sold as one unit and not split up it has been decided by Deutsche Bahn's supervisory board amid the ongoing strategy review and planned high-profile sale advised by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank (Press release/NKP Proprietary)

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May 23, 2024
Hg Capital-backed Team Blue acquires web and hosting services provider Loopia from Axcel at EV/EBITDA (2023R) of 19x.
Press Release
May 7, 2024

Update: NBOs have been collected in Harris Williams-advised process for Axcel-owned Loopia Group, a Swedish domain and web hosting services provider, according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
September 27, 2022

Company to watch: Axcel-owned pan-European web and hosting services provider Loopia emerges as a strong exit candidate following a successful buy-and-build strategy and a fast growing managed services market (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
May 23, 2024
Update: Multiple bidders show interest in Deutsche Bahn's logistics subsidiary DB Schenker
Bloomberg
February 29, 2024

Update: NBOs are due on March 27 in auction process for DB Schenker following buyer beauty parade to be held at the March 15 meeting of the Railway Supervisory Board, according to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
September 28, 2023

Update: DB Schenker to be sold as one unit and not split up it has been decided by Deutsche Bahn's supervisory board amid the ongoing strategy review and planned high-profile sale advised by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank (Press release/NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
May 17, 2024
Update: Børsen confirms NKPs coverage of EQTs sale considerations for Banking Circle, a provider of global payments and banking services
Børsen
April 23, 2024

Company to watch: Amid improved financial market conditions and robust continued topline growth, NKP's sources expect a relaunch of EQT's ownership considerations in Banking Circle, a provider of global payments and banking services, by 2025 - ARR of EUR ~300m by end-2023 (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
August 6, 2021

EQT mandates Citi and Morgan Stanley to explore a sale of its Danish fintech company Banking Circle (NKP Proprietary)

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May 15, 2024
Oakley Capital acquires a majority stake in German Open-Access platform vitroconnect
Press Release
March 21, 2024

Update: The Stifel-advised sale process of Vitroconnect is about to enter the second phase with NBOs having been collected (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
February 16, 2024

Vitroconnect, a privately owned open access (brokerage) platform connecting network carriers with internet service providers, is in the market with Stifel advising and teasers recently distributed - marketed off 2023 adj. EBITDA of EUR 10m acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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May 13, 2024
Update: Breakit confirms NKP's coverage of Summa Equity ownership explorations of Norwegian SaaS company Documaster and comments on price expectations
Affarsvarlden
April 8, 2024

Update: Summa Equity has engaged Bryan, Garnier & Co. to guide a potential exit of Documaster, a Norwegian provider of digital information management solutions - early-stage suitor dialogues to commence in Q2-2024 according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
August 23, 2023

Company to watch: Summa Equity expected to explore ownership options in Documaster, a Norwegian provider of digital information management solutions, within the next 12 months following strong growth figures, acc. to sources - run-rate EBITDA of EUR 2-4m (NKP Proprietary)

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April 19, 2024
Henrik Bruun, majority owner of sports apparel chain Sport 24, acquires a minority stake in Danish sports apparel company Sports Group Denmark
KapWatch
June 20, 2023

Update: Dansk Ejerkapital-backed Sports Group Denmark grows revenue to DKK 1,107m (+40% YoY) with EBITDA of DKK 147.2m in FY22 - Ownership options are being explored advised by Carnegie acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
May 4, 2021

High-growth sports apparel company Sports Group Denmark backed by Industri Udvikling (since 2016) reaches revenue of DKK 600m (+20% YoY) w. EBITDA of DKK 49m in 2020, expects +35-40% growth in 2021 (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
April 12, 2024
PE Litorina divests Swedish bed manufacturer KungSängen to consortium led by KAMJO Design & Hantverk
Press Release
August 3, 2022

Update: Advised by Clearwater International, Litorina is pursuing a timely sale of KungSängen, a Swedish bed manufacturer and omnichannel retailer - revenue of SEK +375m with EBITDA of SEK +35m in FY21 (NKP Proprietary)

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
November 30, 2021

KungSängen, a bed manufacturer and omni-channel retailer backed by Litorina since 2015, likely to see revenue of SEK +375m (+5-10% YoY) with EBITDA of SEK +35m in 2021 - Litorina may explore ownership options (NKP Proprietary)

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April 11, 2024
Finnish construction software provider Admicom (publ.) announces acquisition agenda
Press Release
April 19, 2023

Finnish software company Cadmatic looks to grow through acquisitions

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Headline from pre-deal coverage in M&A Insights
May 10, 2021

Publ. listed Sikri looks to grow through M&A - could announce deals this year (NKP Proprietary)

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