M&A Deal Summary

Nordic Ferry Infrastructure Acquires Molslinjen

On December 21, 2022, Nordic Ferry Infrastructure acquired transportation company Molslinjen from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nordic Ferry Infrastructure’s 2nd transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Nordic Ferry Infrastructure’s 1st transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-12-21
Target Molslinjen
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Nordic Ferry Infrastructure
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Molslinjen

Aarhus, Denmark
Molslinjen is a single route operator creating a shortcut between Jutland and Zealand, thereby also a connection between the country’s two largest cities. Since then, the Company has grown into Denmark’s largest passenger ferry company with over 700 employees and 15 vessels serving over eight million people per year across nine routes, including connections to Sweden and Germany. Molslinjen was founded in 1963 and is based in Aarhus, Denmark.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nordic Ferry Infrastructure

Oslo, Norway

Category Company
Sector Transportation
DESCRIPTION

Nordic Ferry Infrastructure is a private passenger and freight sea transportation company in the Nordic region, providing essential ferry and express boat infrastructure across its route network of “floating bridges”, making it an essential part of the domestic transportation system. Nordic Ferry Infrastructure is based in Oslo, Norway.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Transportation M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Denmark M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-21 Torghatten

Brønnøysund, Norway

Torghatten is a private passenger transportation company with a focus on sea and land transportation services and is a critical part of the country's transportation infrastructure. Torghatten was founded in 1878 and is based in Brønnøysund, Norway.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 170 of 194
Sector: Transportation M&A 8 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 68 of 76
Country: Denmark M&A 21 of 22
Year: 2022 M&A 10 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-21 Torghatten

Brønnøysund, Norway

Torghatten is a private passenger transportation company with a focus on sea and land transportation services and is a critical part of the country's transportation infrastructure. Torghatten was founded in 1878 and is based in Brønnøysund, Norway.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-02-15 VBill

Beijing, China

VBill offers a full range of payment solutions, including bank card acquiring, omnichannel payment, Internet payment, and others. By leveraging its extensive merchant base, VBill also provides value-add services, such as fintech-enabled consumer lending. VBill was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Beijing, China.

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