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April 22, 2024
WS Audiology, the Danish hearing aid company, garners owner backing for possible IPO
Børsen

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January 10, 2024

EQT explores options to bring in a new minority shareholder for its 2019 portfolio company WS Audiology, a Danish designer and manufacturer of hearing aid solutions - revenues of EUR 2,465m (+5% YoY) and adj. EBITDA of EUR 514m in FY22/23 (NKP Proprietary)

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April 22, 2024
German operator of fiber networks Tele Columbus completes a EUR 1.4bn comprehensive refinancing
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November 13, 2023

German cable operator Tele Columbus receives new equity from owners to continue rollout

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April 22, 2024
Update: Danish biogas plant manufacturer Green2x, previously Vordingborg Biofuel, receives environmental approval for its future facility amidst ongoing investor dialogues
Press Release

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September 26, 2023

Update: Green2X, formerly Vordingborg Biofuel, continues its capital raise efforts advised by FIH Partners, acc. to sources (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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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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April 19, 2024
Arbonia sells Climate Division to Midea Electrics Netherlands for EUR 760m
Press Release

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April 9, 2024

Update: UBS and Jefferies overseeing the ongoing sale of Arbonia's Climate division, marketed off 2024E adjusted EBITDA of CHF 70m - according to several sources (NKP Proprietary)

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April 19, 2024
Company to Watch: Offshore engineering services firm Semco Maritime, owned by Det Obelske Familiefond, reports record-breaking 2023 annual report - Revenues of DKK 5,000 (+47% YoY)
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February 10, 2023

Semco Maritime, an offshore engineering services firm, is being prepared for a sale with FIH Partners mandated and expected process kick off during H1-2023 (NKP Proprietary)

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April 19, 2024
CapMan-backed Yrkesakademin is sold to German PE firm Robus Capital Management and an undisclosed Danish PE firm following a reconstruction process
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December 14, 2022

Capman-owned since 2014 and lying in the private equity firm's 2013 vintage Fund X, job training provider YrkesAkademin is struggling financially and recently had to defer bond interest payments - may come into play as a distressed asset (NKP Proprietary)

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April 18, 2024
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG partly divest its shares in Solvares, provider of Field Service Management, to Five Arrows
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February 6, 2024

Solvares, a logistics and field service management SaaS company held by DBAG since 2018, kicks off its minority stake sale process with Houlihan Lokey after pre-marketing in January 2024 - marketed off adj. 2023 EBITDA of EUR 10m (NKP Proprietary)

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April 18, 2024
Company to Watch: Fastspeed, a Danish privately held consumer broadband company, publishes a strong 2023 earnings report - gross profit of DKK 64m (+68% YoY) with an EBITDA of DKK 39m
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February 27, 2023

Teasers were out earlier this month in EY-advised sale of privately held consumer broadband provider Fastspeed, marketed off 2022 EBITDA of DKK 28m and 2023 budget EBITDA growth of +60% (DKK 45m in 2023B), according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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April 17, 2024
Danish payment solutions provider Flatpay raises EUR 45m in a Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital
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March 12, 2024

SEED Capital-backed Flatpay, a Danish payment solutions provider for SMEs, looks to raise EUR 25-40m in a Series B funding round - ARR of EUR 10-12m in FY23E (NKP Proprietary)

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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
DN

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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)
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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
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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
DI

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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
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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
KPS Capital Partner acquires a majority stake in Sport Group from Equistone
Press Release
January 22, 2024

Update: IMs are out in William Blair- and Houlihan Lokey-advised sale of the world's largest integrated sport surfaces solutions provider Sportgroup, an Equistone portfolio firm since 2015 covered first and exclusively in NKP's Pitch of the Day on 17 November 2024 (NKP Proprietary)

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August 5, 2020

Could SportGroup - the world's largest sport surfaces firm - be Equistone's next exit following its 8 add-ons? (NKP analysis)

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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 9, 2024
Finland's Basemark nets EUR 22m in Series B funding for automotive augmented reality software
Arctic Startup

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December 13, 2023

Finnish-based automotive augmented reality (AR) software company Basemark is reportedly in talks with investors to raise EUR 5m in Series B-extension (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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