the Plantation was on the road to an ipo in the autumn, but Ratos had before and bought the Norwegian retail chain – for 600 million less than the estimated value on the initial public offering, writes dn.no.
Earlier this year, reported several media, SEB, Swedbank and DNB Markets worked with a public listing of the Apax-owned Plantation. According to the data, would an initial public offering valuing it at 3.5 billion Norwegian crowns, including debt.
Today, on Tuesday 27 september, the Swedish investment company Ratos the purchase of the Plantation by Apax for the 1.2 billion Norwegian kroner. The deal values the chain, to 2.9 billion Norwegian krone.
Can you have got the company to the promotion price?
“We believe that our investment will give good returns and we believe in the business plan and strategy,” says Lars Johansson, acting ceo of Ratos, to dn.no.
According to Lars Johansson initiated the talks between the parties at the beginning of the summer.
- Ratos have seen the details of our business plan and they will help us to grow in new channels, ” says Plantagens ceo Jon Abrahamson Call to the dn.no.
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