M&A Deal Summary

Altor Equity Partners Acquires Carnegie Investment Bank

On May 19, 2009, private equity firm Altor Equity Partners acquired financial services company Carnegie Investment Bank for 1.4B SEK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 15th transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-05-19
Target Carnegie Investment Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Altor Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 1.4B SEK

Target

Carnegie Investment Bank

Stockholm, Sweden
Carnegie is a Nordic independent investment bank with strong positions in equities research, brokerage, corporate finance advisory, asset management and private wealth management. Carnegie Investment Bank was founded in 1803 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Altor Equity Partners

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 8.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm that looks to principally invest in medium-sized Nordic based companies across a broad range of industries. Altor typically seeks control positions when investing. Prospective companies generally have revenues of €50 to €500 million. Broad areas of interest include healthcare services, electronics, technology, financial services, business services, niche manufacturing, capital equipment, software, marine, consumer products, and communications. Altor Equity Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 93
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 4
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 18 of 39
Country (Sweden) 15 of 43
Year (2009) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-02-11 Max Matthiessen

Stockholm, Sweden

Max Matthiessen is a Swedish advisor within pensions, insurance, and investment, offering advice, analysis, administration, and procurement of pension and insurance solutions to employers, entrepreneurs and individual customers. The Company also offers advice within savings, investment advisory, and asset management. Max Matthiessen was formed in 1889 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-25 Sonion

Roskilde, Denmark

Sonion is a development, manufacturing, and sale of advanced micro acoustical and micromechanical components and solutions. The company is a B2B provider for global manufacturers of hearing instruments, mobile handsets, headsets, earphones, and medical devices. Sonion was formed in 1974 and is based in Roskilde, Denmark.

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