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April 17, 2024
Norwegian investment company Øgreid acquires a majority stake in Bon Dep, a Norwegian provider of the Kknekki hair tie
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November 1, 2023

Ownership options are being weighed for Bon Dep, a Norwegian provider of the Kknekki hair ties and other wearable accessories, with Arctic Securities advising and teasers having been distributed, acc. to sources - sales of NOK 100m (+24% YoY) and EBITDA of 40m in FY23E (NKP Proprietary)

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April 16, 2024
Company to Watch: Danish privately-held insurance software provider Scalepoint Technologies reports strong 2023 financials - Cash EBITDA of DKK 37m in FY23
Press Release
December 1, 2021

Advised by EY Corporate Finance, insurance software provider Scalepoint Technologies explores ownership options with teaser material having recently been distributed - revenue of DKK 506m with non-normalized EBITDA of DKK 33.2m in 2020 (NKP Proprietary)

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July 3, 2020

Privately-owned insurance tech firm Scalepoint Technologies saw a minor decline in 2019 revenue, but could still be an attractive acquisition target

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April 15, 2024
GlobalConnect backed by EQT to lay off a third of its German staff, NBOs soon to be collected (Computerworld/NKP Proprietary)
Computerworld

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February 1, 2024

Teasers were distributed in December for the Jefferies-advised efforts to carve out and divest the data center business from EQT-backed GlobalConnect, a pan-Nordic digital infrastructure platform held since 2016 - FY23E EBITDA of EUR 30-35m (NKP Proprietary)

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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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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 12, 2024
International PE firm A&M Capital acquires the majority of Danish full-service provider of packaging materials STOK Emballage
Press Release

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February 27, 2024

The owners of STOK Emballage, a Danish packaging and end-of-line equipment provider, explore ownership options advised by Danske Bank Corporate Finance - revenues of DKK 711m (+36% YoY) and EBITDA of DKK 89m in FY22 (NKP Proprietary)

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April 11, 2024
Nalka Invest and Kirk Kapital acquire Norstat, a Norwegian provider of data collection services, from Triton
Press Release
March 27, 2024

Update: A narrow field of suitors with private equity participation is through to the second round of the William Blair-led sale process for Triton-owned Norstat, a Norwegian provider of data collection services (NKP Proprietary)

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April 25, 2022

Norwegian consumer market research company, Norstat, is being readied for a sale by its owners since 2019, Triton Partners, with Carnegie mandated and process to kick off before the Summer - 2021E revenue of NOK 600m with Pro-forma EBITDA of approx. NOK 130m (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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May 10, 2021

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

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April 11, 2024
News media confirms NKP's reports that Nordic Capital is mulling a sale for pension and insurance firm Max Matthiessen
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March 1, 2024

Company to watch: As Max Matthiessen continues its buy-and-build strategy and gears up for further geographic expansion, Nordic Capital may be tempted to weigh ownership options in H2-2024 or H1-2025 (NKP Proprietary)

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April 11, 2024
Swedish trampoline park company JumpYard issues SEK 400m senior secured bond
Press Release

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January 29, 2020

Swedish trampoline operator Jump Yard up for sale - teasers to be sent out in February (NKP Sources)

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April 10, 2024
Stada Arzneimittel in talks with potential buyers for a possible EUR 8bn sale
Bloomberg

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August 1, 2023

Bain Capital, Cinven, appoints Jefferies, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Rothschild for reviewing options, including a potential 2024 dual-track process, for their joint portfolio firm Stada Arzneimittel, a generic drug-maker, which it delisted in 2017 - according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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April 9, 2024
Dutch waste recycling company Blue Phoenix Group, backed by InfraVia and Daiwa ICP, acquires Danish waste management firm RGS Nordic
Press Release
March 4, 2024

Update: NBOs have recently been collected in the Carnegie-led sale process for RGS Nordic, a Danish waste management and environmental services firm (NKP Proprietary)

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November 3, 2020

Waste mgmt. continues to attract PE-interest, 2020 EBITDA of DKK 259m at RGS Nordic could justify price expectations and a relaunch of the exit process (NKP sources / Analysis)

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April 9, 2024
Private equity firm EMH Partners acquires a minority stake in Stonebranch a portfolio firm of Elvaston Capital Management
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March 12, 2024

German-founded workflow automation software provider Stonebranch, an Elvaston portfolio firm since 2017, is being prepped for a sale/partial sale later this year with international investment bank mandated - according to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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April 8, 2024
Deutsche Bahn Invites New Bids for DB Schenker
Borsen
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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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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April 5, 2024
Finnish telecommunications firm Elisa acquires Finnish internal logistics software provider Leanware from Korona Invest
Press Release
February 8, 2024

Update: The KPMG Corporate Finance-guided sale process for Korona Invest-owned Leanware, a Finland-based provider of internal logistics software, has reached an advanced stage, with NBOs submitted in late 2023 (NKP Proprietary)

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November 16, 2023

Korona Invest is preparing its 2019 portfolio company Leanware, a Finland-based provider of internal logistics software solutions, for an exit process with KPMG advising, acc. to multiple sources - sales of EUR 11m (+10% YoY) and EBITDA of EUR 1.9m in FY22 (NKP Proprietary)

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April 4, 2024
An investor consortium led by PE firm CapMan's growth fund acquires waste treatment machinery provider Tana
Press Release
January 29, 2024

Update: Final bids have recently been submitted in the HLP Corporate Finance-guided sale process for Tana, a Finnish provider of waste treatment machinery (NKP Proprietary)

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July 6, 2023

Company to watch: The owners of Tana, a well-performing Finnish waste treatment solutions provider, may explore ownership options in H2-2023 according to multiple sources - FY22 revenue of EUR 37.6m (+41% YoY) and EBITDA of EUR 5.8m (NKP Proprietary)

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April 2, 2024
Update: Reuters confirms NKP's coverage of Ocean Technologies Group's ownership explorations
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February 24, 2022

Investment Bank (known to NKP) mandated to explore a majority sale of Oakley Capital-backed Ocean Technologies Group, a Norway/UK-headquartered global maritime e-learning business - EBITDA of NOK 220m in 2020 (NKP Proprietary)

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March 27, 2024
Company to Watch: Danish clothing brand Shaping New Tomorrow reports steady growth in 2023 annual report - revenues of DKK ~425m (+6.25% YoY) in FY23
Børsen
January 30, 2023

Update: Due diligence ongoing since early January in EY-advised sale of chino pant maker Shaping New Tomorrow, NBOs submitted before the Holidays (NKP Proprietary)

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November 14, 2022

Teasers have recently been distributed in EY-advised sale of chino-maker Shaping New Tomorrow according to multiple sources, projecting 2022 EBITDA of DKK 42m with a revenue CAGR between 2018 and 2021 of 115% (NKP Proprietary)

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March 27, 2024
Dutch private equity firm Egeria acquires German meals provider Meyer Menü
Press Release

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March 21, 2024

PwC-advised sale process of Meyer Menü, a catering company, has reached an advanced stage - marketed off 2023 adj. EBITDA of EUR 25m, acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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March 27, 2024
Update: Danish privately held construction SaaS company Unicontrol has mandated GP Bullhound to explore ownership options, according to news media
Børsen

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December 22, 2023

The private owners of Unicontrol, a Danish SaaS provider of a machine control system for construction, have begun mulling ownership options including a possible sale of the company in the near/mid-term - sales of DKK 71m (+234% YoY) and EBITDA of DKK 21m (NKP Proprietary)

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March 26, 2024
Eye clinic operator and optical retailer Silmäasema is considering a return to the stock exchange acc. to statements from the CEO
Talouselama

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January 20, 2023

Coronaria explores ownership options for Silmäasema, a Finnish eye clinic operator and optical retailer - Carnegie advising with IMs distributed in late Q4-2022 acc. to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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March 26, 2024
Co-founder Jacob Jelsing divests 3.1% of outstanding shares in Danish metabolic-focused biotech company Gubra (publ.) - transaction value of DKK 150m
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May 17, 2022

Owners of Gubra, a founder-owned biotechnology and pre-clinical contract research services organisation ("CRO") and biotechnology firm, are working on a listing or minority sale later this year according to multiple sources, 2020 EBITDA of DKK 32m (NKP Proprietary)

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March 26, 2024
Hg Capital-backed Trackunit publishes strong 2023 report amidst ongoing exit process
Press Release

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October 26, 2020

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)

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March 25, 2024
Danish CVC Capital-backed Scan Global Logistics issues EUR 600m bond to use for acquisitions, among other purposes
Press Release
March 15, 2022

Distribution of IMs in Barclays-led sale of AEA Investors owned Scan Global Logistics not yet out as previously expected - delay may be caused by the war in Ukraine according to multiple sources, 2021 normalized EBITDA of USD 129m

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April 16, 2021

Scan Global Logistics emerges stronger from the Pandemic with 2020 revenue of USD 1,225 (+14% YoY) and EBITDA of USD 50.6m, 8% organic growth and continued high buy-and-build potential - secondary buyout in Q1 or Q2 2022 a likely exit scenario according to sources close to the firm (NKP Proprietary)

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March 22, 2024
Austrian construction company Porr plans to make smaller acquisitions
Press Release
April 26, 2023

Nalka-backed Uniwater seeks acquisition opportunities within the Nordics

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September 17, 2021

Sentica-backed TerraWise looks for acquisition targets (NKP Proprietary)

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March 22, 2024
Norwegian end-to-end video conferencing platform Pexip (publ.) contemplates up to NOK 156m share issue to fund future acquisitions
Press Release
December 2, 2021

Publ. listed Pexip looks for acquisition opportunities acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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May 3, 2021

Sofigate looks to grow through M&A (NKP Proprietary)

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