M&A Deal Summary

Ferd Capital Acquires Mestergruppen

On April 11, 2011, private equity firm Ferd Capital acquired building materials company Mestergruppen

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ferd Capital’s 1st transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Ferd Capital’s 2nd transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-04-11
Target Mestergruppen
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Ferd Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Mestergruppen

Oslo, Norway
Mestergruppen is a building materials company consisting of three business areas; homebuilders franchise chains (Mesterhus and Systemhus), building material outlets (Byggeriet) and real estate development. Mestergruppen is based in Oslo, Norway.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ferd Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
PE ASSETS 12.9B NOK
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ferd Capital is the direct investment arm of Norwegian holding company and asset manager Ferd AS. Ferd Capital looks to make 500 million NOK to 3 billion NOK equity and debt investments in private and public companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally pursues opportunities throughout Scandianavia. Ferd looks to take an active ownership role to help with portfolio company growth and development. Ferd Capital is based in Oslo, Norway.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 11
Sector (Building Materials) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 1 of 4
Country (Norway) 2 of 10
Year (2011) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-11-08 Interwell

Hafrsfjord, Norway

Interwell is a provider of high-technology solutions for the international oil and gas industry, offering innovative high-tech plug-and-packer solutions for downhole applications. Interwell was formed in 1992 and is based in Hafrsfjord, Norway.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-18 Aibel

Sandnes, Norway

Aibel is a provider of offshore-based solutions and maintenance to the European energy sector. The company operates in the field of new building (Field Development) in both offshore wind power and the oil and gas industry, as well as in maintenance (Modification & Yard Services). Aibel was established in 1882 and is based in Sandnes, Norway.

Buy Nkr8.6B
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