M&A Deal Summary

FSN Capital Acquires Validus AS

On July 9, 2013, private equity firm FSN Capital acquired retailer Validus AS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FSN Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is FSN Capital’s 7th transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-07-09
Target Validus AS
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) FSN Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Validus AS

Lysaker, Norway
The Validus Group comprises the Nordic region's leading companies and brands in the fields of health food, duty free goods and beauty care.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

FSN Capital

Oslo, Norway

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 4.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

FSN Capital is a private equity firm focused on opportunities in Scandinavia. FSN looks to make control investments in mid-sized companies valued from €50 to €500 million. FSN targets businesses with the potential to 'become international leaders'. FSN Capital was formed in 1999 and has offices in Oslo, Munich, and Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 61
Sector: Retail M&A 2 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 15 of 32
Country: Norway M&A 7 of 15
Year: 2013 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-07 Troax

Hillerstorp, Sweden

Troax is a distributor of a wide range of mesh panels, machine guard fencing systems and patented locking devices that are marketed and sold in three industrial segments: Automation & Robotics; Material Handling & Logistics; Storage & Property Protection. Troax was founded in 1955 and is based in Hillerstorp, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-10 Agito Nordic AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Agito Nordic AB is a Scandinavian healthcare service provider offering flexible and high qualitative staffing solutions of physicians and nurses. The company is a partner to municipalities, hospitals as well as private healthcare institutions.

Sell -