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August 22, 2024
News media highlights Blue Equity-backed Kohsel as an upcoming exit candidate
InsidePE

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August 24, 2020

Blue Equity's holding period in Kohsel bypasses 6 years, debt is paid off and EBITDA reached DKK 26m in 2019 - the PE firm could realize a solid return if Kohsel is exited (NKP analysis)

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August 20, 2024
Aider, a Norwegian tech-enabled accounting and consulting services provider, raises NOK 1.6bn in senior secured bond issue
Press Release

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August 12, 2024

Ownership options are being considered for Aider, a Norwegian provider of tech-enabled accounting and consulting services, with Carnegie advising and some sell-side material having been shared, acc. to sources - marketed off EBITDA of NOK 250m (NKP Proprietary)

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August 16, 2024
Fidelio-backed Odevo acquires Retta Isännöinti, the Finnish B2C housing management arm of Altor-backed Retta
Press Release
June 20, 2024

Update: Final bids are due before the end of June in connection with Altor's Carnegie-advised efforts to carve out and divest Retta Isännöinti, the Finnish B2C housing arm of Retta, acc. to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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April 19, 2024

Update: Teasers have recently been distributed in Altor's Carnegie-led efforts to carve out and divest Retta Isännöinti, the Finnish B2C housing management arm of Retta, acc. to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 15, 2024
UK-based tech advisory and investment firm GP Bullhound acquires a ~5% stake in presentation software platform Mentimeter
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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August 15, 2024
German peer TÜV SÜD acquires Carspect, a Swedish car inspection services group, from IK Partners
Press Release
January 17, 2024

Advised by Nordea Corporate Finance, IK Partners is preparing a possible sale of Carspect, a well-performing vehicle inspection services group in Sweden and the Baltics, with premarketing efforts to commence in Q1-2024 - EBITDA of SEK 146m in FY22 (NKP Proprietary)

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January 27, 2023

Company to watch: Carspect, a vehicle inspection services firm operating in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland, is being prepared for a sale by its majority owner since 2018 IK Investment Partners according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 14, 2024
The sale process of DB Schenker could conclude by mid-September with Due-diligence ongoing and final bids expected next week, Danish DSV and a consortium led by CVC Capital are the two remaining bidders
Börsen Zeitung
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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August 14, 2024
Haveli Investments and Bregal Milestone lead a majority recapitalization investment in Finnish information management company M-Files
Press Release
February 23, 2024

Update: The launch of the William Blair-advised sale process for Bregal Milestone-backed M-Files, a Finnish document mgmt. SaaS platform, has been pushed to H2-2024 (NKP Proprietary)

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February 9, 2023

Company to watch: M-Files, a fast-growing metadata-driven document management platform provider backed by Bregal Milestone since 2021, contemplates bringing in a "growth partner" as early-stage shareholders may be open to selling their holdings acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 14, 2024
Pharmaceutical firm Tetra Pharm Technologies looks to raise over DKK 200m in the coming six months
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March 27, 2024

Tetra Pharm Technologies, a Danish biotech firm, is being prepared for an IPO with prospective advisor dialogues ongoing and a capital raise of up to EUR 25m planned prior to the listing expected in 2025 (NKP Proprietary)

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August 14, 2024
Oil services company Beerenberg (publ.) might be acquired by French peer Altrad Group acc. to an analysis by Pareto Securities
Finansavisen

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May 18, 2022

Update: DNB mandated for H2-2022 sale of industrial and oil & energy services provider Beerenberg - the Segulah-owned firm is marketed off EBITDA of around EUR 25m according to multiple sources, opportunity first covered by NKP on 02 June, 2021 (NKP Proprietary)

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August 13, 2024
Francisco Partners-backed software firm EG acquires Norwegian administration software company Vigilo
Press Releas

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April 9, 2024

The owners of Vigilo, a Norwegian B2G administration software company, have mandated EY Corporate Finance to advise on ownership explorations with teasers currently being distributed, according to NKP sources - marketed off contracted ARR of NOK 32.5m (NKP Proprietary)

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August 12, 2024
Partners Group mulls September IPO for German metering firm Techem
Bloomberg

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November 15, 2023

Update: with management presentations completed in October, IMs being out, and an NBO deadline of second half of December, metering firm Techem's dual-track process mainly draws interest from infrastructure and pension funds, according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 9, 2024
Insurance company Lähi-Tapiola divests its 20% ownership stake in CVC Capital-backed healthcare company Mehiläinen
HS
October 27, 2023

Update: Goldman Sachs and Jefferies have been engaged by CVC Capital to advise on its planned exit from Mehiläinen, a Finnish social and healthcare services provider, acc. to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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May 31, 2023

Company to watch: CVC Capital-backed Mehiläinen, a social and health care services provider, delivers revenue of EUR 1,633m (+17% YoY) with EBITA of EUR 137.6m in FY22 - ownership options likely to be considered in 2024 acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 9, 2024
Indoor air solutions firm Purmo Group (publ.) enters a loan agreement with Apollo Global and Rettig
Kauppalehti
May 3, 2021

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

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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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August 9, 2024
Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires Swiss-based infrastructure services provider Condecta from PE firm Paragon Partners
Press Release

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March 19, 2024

Teasers are expected to be distributed this month in the Deloitte-advised sale process for Paragon Partners-backed Condecta, a Swiss-based infrastructure services provider - marketed off 2023 adj. EBITDA of EUR 19m acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 8, 2024
Danish-founded digital experience software developer Sitecore raises EUR 70m from a consortium led by existing shareholder EQT
KapWatch
November 13, 2023

Update: The exit process for EQT-owned Sitecore is soon to progress into the second phase acc. to multiple sources - Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs advising (NKP Proprietary)

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December 7, 2020

With new IPO-experienced CFO in place and strong current trading amid lockdown, EQT is working towards a Q3-2021 US listing of Sitecore according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 7, 2024
Cinven becomes lead investor in Vitamin Well at an EV of EUR 3bn and EV/EBITDA of 20x
Press Release
June 17, 2024

Update: IMs are out in the Jefferies-led minority stake sale process for Bridgepoint-backed Vitamin Well with NBOs to be collected by end-June, according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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January 15, 2021

Bridgepoint closing in on a sale of Vitamin Well according to sources - strong underlying market growth and estimated revenues of SEK 2.44bn and EBITDA of SEK 158m in 2020 (NKP Proprietary)

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August 7, 2024
Corten Capital acquires a majority stake in Finland-based software group Roima Intelligence from Intera Partners
Press Release
September 12, 2023

Update: Intera Partners engages Raymond James to advise on a potential sale of Roima Intelligence - exit timing has yet to be decided and a process will likely not kick off before 2024, acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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May 10, 2022

Company to watch: Roima Intelligence, an Intera Partners portfolio firm since 2018 delivering Manufacturing Execution Systems ("MES"), is expected to come to market after the Summer following a strong 2021 with revenue growth to EUR 33.5m in 2021 (+16.7% year-on-year), according to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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August 7, 2024
Danish AI startup 2021.ai raises DKK 28m from Det Norske Veritas in a bridge funding round (Press Release)
Press Release

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April 19, 2024

2021.AI, a Danish tech firm offering applied AI consulting and a SaaS offering focused on governance, risk & compliance (GRC) for AI, experiences strong growth and expects revenues of DKK ~50m (+50% YoY) and EBITDA of DKK +15m in 2024E - owners are considering an equity round in H2-2024 to fuel international growth (NKP Proprietary)

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August 2, 2024
Enstall, a global provider of photovoltaic mounting solutions, acquires German peer Schletter Group from Golden Square Capital and Avenue Capital Group
Press Release

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August 17, 2023

Golden Square Capital appoints J.P. Morgan for a sale of its portfolio firm since 2018, Bavarian Schletter Group - a Bavarian maker of photovoltaic mounting systems in aluminum and steel, according to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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July 31, 2024
Norwegian sportswearfirm Active Brands raises NOK 250m in funding from existing shareholders FSN Capital and Verdane
Finansavisen
October 27, 2021

Teasers are out in the Carnegie-led exit process of FSN-backed Active Brands acc. to sources - 2020 revenue of NOK 939m (-20% year-on-year) with strong growth recovery YTD-2021 (NKP Proprietary)

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September 28, 2020

Active Brands could provide a strong H1-2021 exit for FSN as (US) consumers move outdoors and sporting goods spending soars in a Covid-19 restricted world (NKP Analysis)

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July 29, 2024
The sale process for German logistics company DB Schenker is in the final bidding phase
PE News
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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July 29, 2024
News media reports that Danish biotech company Resother Pharma and several of its peers are preparing for upcoming IPOs
Kapwatch

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May 3, 2023

ResoTher Pharma looks to raise DKK 55m to fund clinical phase 2a development (NKP Proprietary)

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July 25, 2024
CVC Capital-backed Mehiläinen raises more than EUR 2bn in debt financing from private financial markets
Press Release
October 27, 2023

Update: Goldman Sachs and Jefferies have been engaged by CVC Capital to advise on its planned exit from Mehiläinen, a Finnish social and healthcare services provider, acc. to multiple sources (NKP Proprietary)

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May 31, 2023

Company to watch: CVC Capital-backed Mehiläinen, a social and health care services provider, delivers revenue of EUR 1,633m (+17% YoY) with EBITA of EUR 137.6m in FY22 - ownership options likely to be considered in 2024 acc. to sources (NKP Proprietary)

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July 23, 2024
Swedish security company ASSA ABLOY acquires Austrian provider of access management hardware SKIDATA - EV of EUR 340m
Press Release
May 13, 2024

Update: NBOs collected previous week in the Goldman Sachs-led sale process of Skidata, a subsidiary of Kudelski Group, and a provider of access solutions and access management (NKP Proprietary)

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April 16, 2024

IMs are expected this week in the Goldman Sachs advised sale process of Austrian-based SKIDATA, a carve-out from Kudelski (NKP Proprietary)

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July 23, 2024
TDR Capital at risk of losing majority ownership in Norwegian cruising company Hurtigruten as the debt deadline looms
Bloomberg
September 22, 2022

Update: TDR-backed cruise- and adventure operator Hurtigruten is working on restructuring its debt advised by investment bank PJT Patners ahead of large maturity coming up (NKP Proprietary)

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March 24, 2020

TDR-backed Hurtigruten exploring public interest

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