EQT
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EQT (acronym from "equity"?) is a private equity firm with approximately 6 billion euros in equity capital. It was founded in 1994 by Investor AB.
Portfolio
[Current holdings]- Company - Acquisition Date - Sales/Year
- ADR-Haanpää Oy
- Bewator AB
- Com Hem AB - Jun 2003 - 176 million euros/ 2004
- Contex A/S
- Dometic International AB
- Duni AB
- Eldon Enclosures AB
- Findus AB - Jan 2000 - 559 million euros/ 2004
- FINN-POWER Oy
- Symrise Holding GmbH - Oct 2002 - 1138 million euros/ 2004
Deals
- 29 March 2005 - EQT Partners AB, a buyout firm backed by Sweden's Wallenberg family, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s private-equity arm agreed to buy Denmark's ISS A/S, the world's biggest cleaning company, for about $3.8 billion in cash.
- 1Q 2006 - EQT buys MTU Friedrichshafen and Detroit Diesel's off-highway business from DaimlerChrysler. The group was named Tognum in July, 2006.
Management
- Conni Jonsson was part of the original team that founded EQT Partners in 1994 and has been Managing Partner since the companys´ foundation.
External links
Company websites
- [EQT]
Articles
- [Wallenberg's EQT, Goldman to Buy ISS for $3.8 Billion]
- [primezone] STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 15 2005 - EQT Sells FlexLink to ABN AMRO Capital
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