Report
Joachim Gunell
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Key takeaways from last week: 1) Latour invests in battery charger supplier CTEK in conjunction with the latter’s planned IPO; 2) Kinnevik will receive at least SEK2bn in extraordinary distributions post Tele2’s exit from the Netherlands; 3) Finnish SPAC Virala traded up 35%+ last week, which could improve the sentiment for Nordic SPACs; and 4) Investor-owned Sarnova acquired a strategic add-on for ~USD290m.
Underlyings
Industrivarden AB Class A

Investment Latour AB

Investor AB Class B

Investor AB is an industrial holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. invests in companies and industries. Co.'s holdings are divided into two business areas: Core Investments and Financial Investments. Core Investments consists of listed holdings, in which Co. is a major owner, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Financial Investments consists of Co.'s investments in EQT and Investor Growth Capital, its partner-owned investments and other investments and activities.

Kinnevik AB Class B

Kinnevik is an investment company with holdings in the sectors of communication, e-commerce, entertainment and financial services. Co.'s holdings include Millicom, a telecommunications and media company providing digital lifestyle products and services to emerging markets, and Tele2, a telecom operator, providing mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, cable TV and content services. Within e-commerce, Co. has focused its investments in the shoes and fashion segment through companies such as Zalando with geographical presence in Europe and companies such as Lamoda, Dafiti, Jabong and Zalora focused on emerging markets.

L E Lundbergforetagen AB Class B

L E Lundbergforetagen AB is an investment company that manages and develops a number of companies. The asset portfolio includes the wholly owned real estate company, Fastighets AB L E Lundberg, the publicly traded subsidiaries, Hufvudstaden and Holmen and the associated companies, Indutrade and Husqvarna. Co. also has major shareholdings in Industrivarden, Handelsbanken, Sandvik and Skanska. Co.'s subsidiary, L E Lundberg Kapitalforvaltning, is engages in securities trading. Operations consist of real estate operations, the manufacture and sale of printing paper, paperboard and sawn timber products, forest and power operations, and equity management (including securities trading).

Vostok Emerging Finance Ltd

Vostok Emerging Finance is an investment company that invests in early stage fintech companies across emerging and frontier market. Co. principally invests in financial services sector. The financial services sector includes credit, payments, mobile money and all forms of financial marketplaces. Co. focuses on investing in private companies and taking equity stakes, acquiring sizeable minority stakes and board representatioin where approriate in its portfolio companies. Co. also makes investments in other parts of the capital structure, such as debt, to support targeted companies' growth and also ensure that investment funds are working while seeking future equity investment opportunities.

Provider
DnB Markets
DnB Markets

DNB Markets is the investment banking arm of DNB Bank ASA and is focused primarily on the Nordic region, as well as internationally on niches such as global shipping, energy and related services, and seafood. DNB Markets offers services in FICC, Equities and Investment Banking advisory from offices in Oslo, Stockholm, London, Singapore and New York. Equity research coverage is offered on c250 Nordic companies. DNB was ranked no.2 in Extel Nordic Research 2017. The DNB Markets’ Credit and FICC Macro & FX Research teams are repeatedly highly rated by Prospera Nordic Institutional Investor Surveys.

 

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